How to Bring Sanctions in Effect: An Analysis of Factors on Effectiveness of Multilateral International Sanction

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10.2991/978-2-38476-327-6_19How to use a DOI?

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Multilateral International Sanctions; Effectiveness of Sanctions; Cohesion Factors; Sensitivity Factors

Abstract

According to the existing research on sanctions, the effectiveness of sanctions has a positive correlation with the establishment of sanctions alliance: the more countries participating, the more effective the sanctions are. Compared to unilateral sanctions, multilateral sanctions are more effective, and cooperation is more conducive to achieving the goals of sanctions. However, in quite some practical cases in reality, multilateral sanctions cooperation often fails to achieve its ideal goal, entailing the dilemma of multilateral sanctions failure on the contrary. The article argues that internal motivation can be analyzed from the dual logical interaction of cohesion factors of multilateral sanctions parties and sensitivity factors of sanctions targets to sanctions. The cohesion of multilateral sanctions depends on the influence of three variables: the differences in interests among the sanction subjects, the effectiveness of constraints within the sanction system, and the cognitive consistency among the subjects; the sensitivity of the sanctioned entity is related to three variables: the stability foundation of the sanctioned regime, external dependence, and measures to evade sanctions. On this basis, the article provides a theoretical explanation of the causal mechanism for the failure dilemma in multilateral sanctions cooperation, meanwhile making a scientific and reasonable explanation of effectiveness law of sanctions alliance based on the logical demonstration of the cohesion of the sanctioning party and the sensitivity of the sanctioning target country; the theoretical research on the effectiveness of sanctions is therefore enriched in this sense.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lu Zhang
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/17
TI  - How to Bring Sanctions in Effect: An Analysis of Factors on Effectiveness of Multilateral International Sanction
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 4th International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 155
EP  - 161
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-327-6_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-327-6_19
ID  - Zhang2024
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