Compulsive Measures against Iran in Light of Sanctions Research

This article applies major findings of the international research on sanctions to the current boycott & disinvestment strategies being applied against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The key findings of this research include the identification of three conditions of success for coercive activities: the coherence of the multilateral alliance, the vulnerability of the target country, & the determination of the penalizing states to bear even high economic costs. The main empirical focus of the paper is on the United Nations' sanctions as codified in UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 & 1747. It also deals with the comprehensive disinvestment campaign of the George W. Bush administration. The paper is sceptical regarding the success of the sanctions that have been implemented, stressing that all three conditions have so far only been fulfilled to a limited extent. Adapted from the source document.