A Brief Discussion on the United States' Sanctions Program and Venezuela. (2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parkhurst, Kory
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting. Volume 114(2020)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 73
• Publication Date: 2020
• Subjects: International law -- Congresses -- Periodicals; Congresses; 341.05
• DOI: 10.1017/amp.2021.26
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0272-5037

Abstract

Abstract : States interact with other states in a myriad of ways. One such way is by the issuance of economic sanctions intended to impact another state's policies or practices. Economic sanctions are an "old tool, " which historically have been grounded on the issuing state's own overarching goals and policies. However, economic sanctions are becoming more and more a means of exerting political influence over another state. One can question whether this is in fact "using an old tool in a new way." I would suggest this practice, when implemented in particular ways, can complicate the "new economic world order" in such a way as to create perverse incentives within a state's own sanctions regime.