{"product_id":"how-sanctions-work-iran-and-the-impact-of-economic-warfare-paperback-softback-9781503637801","title":"How Sanctions Work; Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare (Paperback \/ softback) 9781503637801","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIran and the Impact of Economic Warfare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNarges Bajoghli (Author), Vali Nasr (Author), Djavad Salehi-Isfahani (Author), Ali Vaez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503637801\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages, 1 table, 13 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"There is no shortage of publications on the Iran sanctions, but it is rare to see such detailed, serious work on this topic by highly knowledgeable scholars. \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a wealth of information and perspectives not generally found in the existing Western academic literature.\"—Joy Gordon, author of \u003ci\u003eInvisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions\u003c\/i\u003e \"A vital study of the most tragic case in the recent history of economic sanctions. Bajoghli, Nasr, Salehi-Isfahani, and Vaez powerfully demonstrate how large the gap between the severe material effects and the limited political efficacy of sanctions against Iran has grown.\"—Nicholas Mulder, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War\u003c\/i\u003e \"An indispensable book on sanctions' impacts in Iran, \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e, opens a window into the fraught, little-understood, but ubiquitous and hugely consequential practice that seems to have supplanted diplomacy in current foreign policy and international relations. This volume shifts our understandings of what sanctions do—in Iran and beyond.\"—Arzoo Osanloo, author of \u003ci\u003eForgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in Iran\u003c\/i\u003e \"A masterpiece. This book is a powerful, humane indictment of forty years of failed US sanctions policy regarding Iran. The damage sanctions have caused to those sections of Iranian society that we in the West want to promote is heartbreaking. This book deserves a wide audience.\"—Anand Toprani, author of \u003ci\u003eOil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945\u003c\/i\u003e \"For the analysts in Washington and Tehran newly evaluating sanctions and their effects, \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable resource. By centering the targeted country in the discussion of sanctions efficacy, Bajoghli, Nasr, Salehi-Isfahani, and Vaez demonstrate what a case study on sanctions should look like.\"—Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, \u003ci\u003eResponsible Statecraft\u003c\/i\u003e \"It is these stories of ordinary people that may humanize a population that has been forgotten to the political rhetoric of states. Far from an obscure political policy, which is intentionally wrapped in complicated legal language to make the issue seem too complicated for the average person to comprehend, sanctions are a form of warfare that is becoming more crucial to discuss and understand. With its far-reaching yet accessible study, \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and much-needed contribution to that discussion.\"—Assal Rad, \u003ci\u003eInkstick\u003c\/i\u003e \"Economic sanctions are often viewed as preferable to war as a way to alter the strategic decisions of actors who violate international norms. Yet as the authors of this provocative critique suggest, sanctions can often be equally devastating.\"—Lisa Anderson, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \"In the recent \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Vali Nasr, Narges Bajoghli, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez present a detailed study on the long-term impacts of economic sanctions on Iran.... The authors demonstrate that decades of Western sanctions, including the Trump administration's 'maximum pressure' campaign of 2018, have neither modified Iran's international behavior in ways intended by policy makers nor precipitated any semblance of regime change.\"—Steve H. Hanke, \u003ci\u003eReason\u003c\/i\u003e \"We live in an age where sanctions have become an instinctive reaction by US policymakers (and to a lesser extent also European leaders) when feeling challenged by rival nations. \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e represents a smart call to rethink some taken-for-granted assumptions about the power and effects of what historian Nicholas Mulder would call 'the economic weapon.'\"—Marc Martorell Junyent, \u003ci\u003eManara Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e] presents a new approach to understanding sanctions by highlighting Iranian narratives and the effect of economic hardships on their everyday lives.\"—Zeinab Nikookar, \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e is an important study... with findings likely applicable to other countries marked by coercive sanctions, securitized state responses, and interstate rivalries.\"—Zep Kalb, \u003ci\u003ePhenomenal World\u003c\/i\u003e \"The costs and consequences of the financial penalties that have been layered onto Iran are the subject of \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e.... The authors cover all this in a succinct and accessible manner.\"—Ray Takeyh, \u003ci\u003eSurvival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political culture of the targeted state, and in the everyday lives of citizens. But do economic sanctions induce the behavioral changes intended? Do sanctions work in the way they should? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo answer these questions, the authors of \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e highlight Iran, the most sanctioned country in the world. Comprehensive sanctions are meant to induce uprisings or pressures to change the behavior of the ruling establishment, or to weaken its hold on power. But, after four decades, the case of Iran shows the opposite to be true: sanctions strengthened the Iranian state, impoverished its population, increased state repression, and escalated Iran's military posture toward the U.S. and its allies in the region. Instead of offering an 'alternative to war,' sanctions have become a cause of war. Consequently, \u003ci\u003eHow Sanctions Work\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how necessary it is to understand how sanctions really work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: The Invisible War\u003cbr\u003e  1. When Society Is Sanctioned\u003cbr\u003e  2. When Politics Is Sanctioned\u003cbr\u003e  3. When Iran Was Sanctioned\u003cbr\u003e  4. When an Economy Is Sanctioned\u003cbr\u003e  5. What Sanctions Cost the United States\u003cbr\u003e  6. What Sanctions Cost Iran—and the World\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Permanent Siege\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520747598104,"sku":"9781503637801","price":16.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/how-sanctions-work-iran-and-the-impact-of-economic-warfare-paperback-softback-9781503637801","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}