Foreword -- International and National Experiences with Sanctions -- Economic Sanctions in Contemporary Global Relations -- The United Nations Experience with Sanctions -- Economic Sanctions as Tools of Foreign Policy -- A Review of Economic Sanctions: A Russian Perspective -- Assessing Sanctions -- Factors Affecting the Success of Sanctions -- The Problems and Promise of Sanctions -- Sanctions and International Law -- The Political and Moral Appropriateness of Sanctions -- Economic Sanctions and the Just-War Doctrine -- Case Studies -- UN Sanctions Against Iraq -- Economic Sanctions Against Iraq: Do They Contribute to a Just Settlement? -- The Use of Sanctions in Former Yugoslavia: Misunderstanding Political Realities -- The Use of Sanctions in Former Yugoslavia: Can They Assist in Conflict Resolution? -- The Use of Sanctions in Haiti: Assessing the Economic Realities -- Sanctions and Apartheid: The Economic Challenge to Discrimination -- The Future of Sanctions -- A Proposal for a New United Nations Council on Economic Sanctions -- Research Concerns and Policy Needs in an Era of Sanctions

This book assesses the general aspects of sanctions?their history, purpose, effectiveness, political and economic impact, and their relation to other forms of peacekeeping and international diplomacy. It examines case studies, focusing on conflicts in Haiti, Iraq, and the former Yugoslavia.