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Case Studies in Economic Sanctions and Terrorism
Index of selected and updated case studies available online, orginally published in the book Economic Sanctions Reconsidered
May 2008
Revised October 2011
© Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Institute's work on economic sanctions was developed in the 1980s and has constantly been updated and revised since then by the intact team of Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jeffrey J. Schott, Kimberly Ann Elliott, and Barbara Oegg. The team's latest analysis and recommendations and more than 200 case studies have been published as a CD-ROM in the third edition of Economic Sanctions Reconsidered.
Summary of economic sanctions episodes, 1914–2006
Cases 50-1 and 93-1 (updated)
US and UN v. North Korea (1950– : Korean War)
US and UN v. North Korea (1993– : nuclear proliferation)
Case 60-3 [pdf] (updated)
US v. Cuba (1960– : Castro)
Cases 62-2 and 85-1
UN v. South Africa (1962–1994: Apartheid; Namibia)
US, Commonwealth v. South Africa (1985–91: Apartheid)
Case 76-3 (formerly 65-4)
US v. Arab League (1979– : Antiboycott Measures)
Cases 78-8 and 92-12 and Case 2011-1 [pdf]
US v. Libya (1978–2004: Gadhafi, Terrorism) and
UN v. Libya (1992–99: Pan Am 103)
Australia, Canada, EU, Japan, NATO, UN, US v. Libya (2011– : Gadhafi, human rights)
Case 79-2 and Case 99-3
US v. Pakistan (1979– : Nuclear Missile Proliferation)
US, Japan v. Pakistan (1999–2001: Coup, restore democracy)
Case 80-2 and Case 90-1
US v. Iraq (1980–2003: Terrorism; Chemical and Nuclear Weapons)
US and UN v. Iraq (1990– : Invasion of Kuwait, Impairment of military capability, destabilization)
Case 84-1 [pdf]
US v. Iran (1984– : Terrorism, Proliferation)
Case 86-1 and Case 2011-2 [pdf]
US v. Syria (1986– : Terrorism)
EU, US v. Syrian Arab Republic (2011– : human rights, democracy)
Case 88-1
US/EU/Japan v. Burma (Myanmar) (1988– : Human rights, democracy, narcotics)
Case 89-2
US v. China (1989– : Tiananmen Square Massacre, Human Rights)
Case 89-3 [pdf]
US v. Sudan (1989– : Human Rights; Civil War; Democracy)
revised August 2011
Case 98-1
US v. India (1998– : Nuclear Weapons Proliferation)
Case 99-1
US and UN v. Afghanistan (Taliban)
(1999–2002: extradition of Osama Bin Laden)
RELATED LINKS
Book: Economic Sanctions Reconsidered, 3rd edition (hardcover plus CD-ROM) May 2008
Policy Brief 01-11: Using Sanctions to Fight Terrorism November 2001
Working Paper SPECIAL: US Economic Sanctions: Their Impact on Trade, Jobs, and Wages April 1997
Policy Brief 98-4: Sanctions-Happy USA July 1998
Op-ed: The Snake Oil of Diplomacy: When Tensions Rise, the US Peddles Sanctions July 12, 1998
Peterson Perspective: Legislation to Sanction China: Will It Work? October 7, 2011