In an interconnected world, economic and political interests inevitably reach beyond national borders. Since policy choices generate external economic and political costs, foreign state and non-state actors have an interest in inflencing policy actions in other sovereign countries to their...

Purpose - This paper aims to examine the hypotheses of main international theories (realism, liberalism and constructivism) and the development of these theories toward the behavior of foreign policy of small states in the developing world. The theories of international relations, especially the...

1. Introduction -- 2. UN/Unilateral sanctions regimes -- 3. The UN security council and protection of peace -- 4. Implementation : strength of sanctions and domestic policy -- 5. Implementation : from theory to practice -- 6. Measures of success/failure -- 7. Policy recommendations -- 8. Conclusion.