Economic Sanctions from Havana to Baghdad

Joy Gordon holds the Ignacio Ellacuría, S. J. Chair in Social Ethics in the Philosophy Department at Loyola University-Chicago. She has published extensively in the field of economic sanctions, including Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions (Harvard University Press). She has published numerous articles in the fields of philosophy, law, and international relations in the Yale Journal of International Law, Le Monde Diplomatique, Ethics and International Affairs, Foreign Policy, Harvard International Law Journal, Global Governance, and elsewhere.

'Joy Gordon has put together an outstanding new volume on economic sanctions. With contributors coming from a diverse array of national contexts, methodological orientations, and theoretical backgrounds, this book provides a trenchant critical analysis of the potential and pitfalls of economic sanctions. For anyone interested in international ethics, the focus on questions of legitimacy and accountability will provide new insights for scholars and students alike. A must-read in a world where sanctions are sometimes seen as the more 'humanitarian' option, when they may in fact lead to devastating consequences.' Anthony F. Lang, Jr, Professor of International Political Theory, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews

• Introduction; Part I. Humanitarian Consequences: 1. 'Estimating causal effects of sanctions impacts: the role of country studies, with an illustration from Venezuela' Francisco Rodríguez; 2. 'The impact of UNSC sanctions on food security in the DPRK' Hazel Smith; 3. 'Sowing discord: Iranian wheat imports under sanctions' Esfandyar Batmanghelidj; 4. 'Sanctions and their lasting legacy on Iraq's healthcare' Omar Dewachi; 5. 'The effect of sanctions on the DPRK: humanitarian exemptions and the health sector' C. Yoonhee Ryder, Edward I. Ham and Kee B. Park; 6. 'The gendered impact of sanctions on the DPRK' Suzy Kim and Kevin Gray; 7. 'Economic sanctions and the human security of Afghan migrants in Iran' Athar Shafaei; 8. 'The Impact of US Sanctions on Cuba's Economic Development' Raúl Rodríguez Rodríguez; 9. 'Blacklisting: The US's targeted sanctions against Cuba (1994–2021)' Seida Barrera Rodríguez, Ernesto Domínguez López and Melina J. Iturriaga Bartuste; 10. 'The 'Chilling Effect' of United States economic sanctions on banking and financial inclusion in Africa' Charles B. Chilufya, S.J. and Fernando C. Saldivar, S.J.; 11. 'The negative impact of sanctions on humanitarian aid' Alice Debarre; 12. 'Sanctions as barriers to the work of humanitarian organizations in Syria' Mohammad Kanfash; Part II. Legality, Legitimacy, and Accountability: 13. 'An overview of some legal issues concerning unilateral sanctions' Pierre-Emmanuel Dupont; 14. 'Unilateral sanctions and emerging issues of international human rights law' Alena F. Douhan; 15. 'A global analysis of economic sanctions and civil society participation in target countries' Dursun Peksen; 16. 'Hurting your own allies: the impact of US sanctions towards Venezuela and the fracturing of the wrong coalition' Benedicte Bull and Antulio Rosales; 17. 'Walking a diplomatic tightrope: the US and South Korea's sanctions against Iran' Deokjun Ha; 18. 'A private sector perspective on the sanctions-industrial complex' Nicholas W. Turner; 19. 'US Treasury Department blacklisting-and the barriers to delisting' Erich Ferrari; 20. 'Caught in the crosshairs of sanctions and anti-money laundering measures: informal value transfer systems and civil asset forfeiture' Rachel Barnes KC and Ryan Dowding; 21. 'Economic sanctions: accountability, legality, and legitimacy' Joy Gordon.