International sanctions have been one of the most commonly used tools of Western foreign policy in the post-Cold War … era to instigate democratization globally. However, despite long-term external pressure through sanctions imposed by the …, North Korea and Syria has proven to be extremely persistent. In this paper, we analyze a new global dataset on sanctions …

This article examines the impact of UN-imposed sanctions on the stability of the Eritrean regime, using diaspora … well as regime opponents, have all instrumentalized the sanctions for their own specific purposes. While the former use the … sanctions to create a “rally around the flag” effect and for fundraising purposes, the latter campaign against the 2 percent …

Previous research, which has focused mostly on pre-1990 dynamics, has shown that sanctions have a negative impact on … become the most common goal of sanctions issued against authoritarian states. This paper studies how sanctions have affected … democratization in targeted countries since the end of the Cold War and asks whether “democratic sanctions,” those that explicitly aim …

This paper examines the impact of regionally imposed sanctions on the trajectory of the Burundian regime and its … vulnerability, the Buyoya government withstood the pressure from the sanctions. Through a vocal campaign against these sanctions … has attributed the sanctions’ success in pressuring the government into negotiations to their economic impact, the …

China’s transition to a market economy has been a process of basic institutional changes and institution building. The …