Sanctions, Statecraft, and Nuclear Proliferation

Leading scholars analyse key dilemmas in the application of sanctions and inducements on states that violate international non-proliferation commitments.

Etel Solingen (Edited by)

9780521281188, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 March 2012

402 pages, 11 b/w illus. 22 tables
22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.54 kg

'This is a valuable collection of essays that goes beyond the question of whether sanctions 'work' and focuses on how, when, why, and to what degree they succeed or fail. Unlike most studies of sanctions, this volume treats both negative and positive sanctions. Overall, these essays demonstrate a superb combination of theoretical sophistication and policy relevance.' David A. Baldwin, Princeton University

Some states have violated international commitments not to develop nuclear weapons. Yet the effects of international sanctions or positive inducements on their internal politics remain highly contested. How have trade, aid, investments, diplomacy, financial measures and military threats affected different groups? How, when and why were those effects translated into compliance with non-proliferation rules? Have inducements been sufficiently biting, too harsh, too little, too late or just right for each case? How have different inducements influenced domestic cleavages? What were their unintended and unforeseen effects? Why are self-reliant autocracies more often the subject of sanctions? Leading scholars analyse the anatomy of inducements through novel conceptual perspectives, in-depth case studies, original quantitative data and newly translated documents. The volume distils ten key dilemmas of broad relevance to the study of statecraft, primarily from experiences with Iraq, Libya, Iran and North Korea, bound to spark debate among students and practitioners of international politics.

Part I. Anatomy of Inducements: 1. Introduction: the domestic distributional effects of sanctions and positive inducements Etel Solingen
2. Sanctions, inducements, and market power: political economy of international influence Arthur A. Stein
3. Empirical trends in sanctions and positive inducements in nonproliferation Celia L. Reynolds and Wilfred T. Wan
Part II. Competing Perspectives: The Range of Sanctions and Positive Inducements: 4. Positive incentives, positive results? Rethinking US counterproliferation policy Miroslav Nincic
5. An analytically eclectic approach to sanctions and nonproliferation Daniel W. Drezner
6. Threats for peace? The domestic distributional effects of military threats Sarah Kreps and Zain Pasha
Part III. Reassessing the Record: Focused Perspectives: 7. Influencing Iran's decisions on the nuclear program Alireza Nader
8. Engaging North Korea: the efficacy of sanctions and inducements Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
9. Contrasting causal mechanisms: Iraq and Libya David D. Palkki and Shane Smith
Part IV. Conclusions: Understanding Causal Mechanisms and Policy Implications: 10. Ten dilemmas in nonproliferation statecraft Etel Solingen
Appendix A
Appendix B.

Subject Areas: International organisations & institutions [LBBU], International institutions [JPSN], International relations [JPS], Peace studies & conflict resolution [GTJ]