The Success of Sanctions : Lessons Learned from the EU Experience

The effectiveness of sanctions cannot purely be measured by the way they change the behaviour of their intended target. The degree to which sanctions constrain a rogue state's behaviour and the signals they send to future targets should also be prime considerations. In this thought provoking book Francesco Giumelli measures the true effectiveness of EU sanctions against a range of states including Belarus, Zimbabwe, Moldova, Uzbekistan, the USA and China. He demonstrates that focussing purely on behavioural change is limiting, especially when considering the actions and motivations of an international organisation, and develops a process to evaluate the direct and indirect impact of EU sanctions. Giumelli demonstrates the many different ways sanctions have been used by the EU to produce positive direct and indirect results and provides a multi-level framework to assess the success of sanctions in the future. Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Measuring the Effectiveness of Sanctions -- Part I The Process -- 2 The Targeted Measures of the EU -- 3 An Overview of the Restrictive Measures of the EU -- Part II The Practice -- 4 The EU on the US: A Legal Use of Sanctions -- 5 The EU in Belarus: Sanctioning to Engage -- 6 The EU in Zimbabwe: Imposing Sanctions for Regime Change? -- 7 The EU in Transnistria: A Strategy of Divide and Influence -- 8 The EU in Uzbekistan: The Essence of Strategic Signalling -- 9 The EU and China: Pleasing Actors at Home and Abroad -- Part III The Lessons Learned -- 10 Conclusions: Sanctions as an Effective Foreign Policy Tool -- Appendices -- Appendix I: Sanctions Cases Classified According to their Logic -- Appendix II: Sanctions Cases Classified According to their Conflict Type -- Appendix III: Sanctions Cases Classified According to their Form -- References -- Index