The 2014-15 US initiatives in revising its policy toward Cuba after more than a half half century provides a natural experiment in transition from a command economy to something approaching a market-driven system. In many ways it is a cleaner experiment than experienced in Eastern Europe,...

In this paper, we assess the implications of changes in bilateral diplomatic relations with the United States for economic relations. We identify countries whose relations with the US changed during two historic and significant milestones in the past three decades, and a third group of countries...

Spanish Abstract: El artículo analiza los efectos de la ayuda militar y económica de los Estados Unidos hacia Colombia e Israel. En la primera parte se hace una revisión histórica de la relación de Washington con los dos países (siglos XIX y XX). Luego, se examinan los efectos en el...

U.S. lawmakers and analysts see China's efforts to control much of the South China Sea as a serious threat, endangering regional security, freedom of navigation, and the liberal world order. This paper finds that political leaders and experts exaggerate the dangers of China's South China Sea...

Controversy has surrounded the Iran nuclear deal since it was signed two years ago. Although the main stipulations of the agreement have been successfully implemented—Iran has so far complied with the restrictions on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions—the...

During the twentieth century, economic sanctions became more prevalent. In the twenty-first century they have become a frequently used tool for governments seeking to change the behaviour of other countries. An extensive research literature exists on the effectiveness of sanctions. Overall the...

COVID-19 is provoking a major reorientation of American and European foreign policy. At the heart of this is their changing relationship with China. The pandemic has given rise to fears of a new Cold War, which are based on out-of-date assumptions and a misunderstanding of China’s motivations....

In 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a US-backed coup against Salvador Allende, Chile's democratically elected president. Pinochet's supporters argued that the coup was the only way to save the country amid statism and socioeconomic breakdown. But how much was Allende to blame for the crisis that...

Economic sanctions are punishment for bad behaviour and, like a parent punishing a child, they are usually imposed by a bigger more powerful country and they are intended to coerce the child in to stopping their bad behaviour. The motivations to using economic sanctions are very broad, so in...