Sanctioned behavior

Sanctioned behavior

CIS research affiliate Erik Sand is featured on War on the Rocks' podcast Horns of Dilemma to discuss the impact of economic sanctions on Russia and whether they will lead to an end of the war in Ukraine. Listen to the podcast here

June 3, 2022 | War on the Rocks
A confident Vladimir Putin
June 3, 2022
War on the Rocks

Economic sanctions are often regarded as a relatively weak tool, especially in response to the use of military force. In part, this stems from scholarship, which suggests that economic sanctions alone rarely lead to war termination. In Vol 3/Iss 2 of Texas National Security Review, however, Erik Sand makes an interesting argument: The effect of sanctions and economic isolation may not be to lead directly to war termination, but rather to pressure a regime, such that they choose riskier strategies than they would without the sanctions in place. Sand joins an episode of Horns of a Dilemma to discuss his article, and how this effect may apply to the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. Listen to the podcast here