Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2014
Abstract
This study analyses the use by the European Union of the novel concept of ‘targeted sanctions’ in the framework of its Common Foreign and Security Policy. It examines two sets of sanctions regimes featuring different degrees of efficacy: in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, the EU wielded measures in support of human rights and democracy objectives in the absence of a United Nations mandate, while it supplemented UN sanctions to stop nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea. The study highlights a number of facilitators of, or hindrances to, the efficacy of sanctions, such as the degree of support by regional powers or the presence of UN legitimation. It concludes that the EU sanctions regimes could be optimised by using more robust measures, designing them on the basis of ex ante assessments, enabling faster upgrades, monitoring their impact and adjusting them regularly and improving outreach efforts.
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Issue
391
ISBN
9789461383792
Publisher
Centre for European Policy Studies
City or Country
Brussels
Citation
PORTELA, Clara, "The EU's Use of Targeted Sanctions: Evaluating Effectiveness" (2014). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 1672.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1672
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1672
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