International traders’ and investors’ expectations were raised after Iran had pledged to implement the landmark nuclear deal negotiated with the US, UK, France, Russia and Germany. While the Islamic Republic constitutes a trading hub with great economic potential, large amounts of goods or...

The introduced sanctions against Russia, which at the moment are on a level of travel bans and asset freezes against a limited group of individuals and firms, are unlikely to trigger a profound change in Russian foreign policy. This can primarily be attributed to the fact that the economic...

[...] In einer Eventstudie werden im Folgenden zentrale Auswirkungen des russischen Importstopps auf deutsche Lebensmittelmärkte abgebildet. Damit soll auch ein Beitrag zur Modellierung von Sanktionseffekten geleistet werden. Beispielhaft werden die Märkte für Äpfel und für Milch...

Introduction : Conceptualizing the Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking / Norrin M. Ripsman and Steven E. Lobell -- The Economics of Peacemaking : Lessons from Western Europe and the Middle East / Norrin M. Ripsman -- The Second Face of Regional Peacemaking : Israel and Jordan, 1985-2001 /...

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Since the end of the Cold War, Western powers have frequently used sanctions as a reaction to declining levels of democracy and human rights violations in authoritarian regimes. However, some of the world's most repressive authoritarian regimes have never been subjected to sanctions, while other...