-US sanctions Iraq in 1990s, says Iraqis will blame Saddam. Most blame US. -Israel blockades Gaza, thinking Palestinians will blame Hamas for bringing this on them. Most blame Israel. Many similar examples. Keep this in mind when someone says US sanctions help Iranian dissidents.
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Please correct me if I’m wrong, but the more effective sanctions seem to be those narrowly targeted at ruling elites/institutions, rather than blunderbuss at an entire economy.
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Depends on one's goals and definition of success. I'm not aware of a case in which narrowly targeted sanctions let to a change in national behavior as large as Iran handing over enriched uranium and mothballing its one plutonium producing reactor.
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Then maybe the real difference is unilateral vs. multilateral?
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That's a huge part of the difference. Sanctions need to be multilateral to create enough incentive for a country to abandon a significant national interest.
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So true
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