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...

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 /...

What is geoeconomics? -- Geoeconomics and the international system -- Today's leading geoeconomic instruments -- Geoeconomics in Chinese foreign policy -- Geoeconomic strength in Beijing and beyond -- U.S. foreign policy and geoeconomics in historical context -- America's geoeconomic potential...

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...

Introduction : the sanctions debate : the mainstream sanctions debate -- Shifting the debate : towards "mechanisms" -- Outline of the book. 1. A political theory of sanctions : liberal theories of sanctions -- Public choice theories of sanctions -- Institutionalist "regime type" approaches --...