The Art of Sanctions

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The Art of Sanctions: A View from the Field
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Author Richard Nephew
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction books about U.S. foreign policies
Publisher Columbia University Press
Publication date
12 December 2017
Pages232
ISBN 978-0-231-18026-9

The Art of Sanctions: A View from the Field is a 2017 book written by Richard Nephew. [1] [2] It discusses the role of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. [3] Nephew argues about interpreting targets' responses to sanctions based on two critical factors: pain and resolve. When sanctions have achieved maximum effectiveness that lies in the application of pain against a target, but targets may have significant resolve to resist, tolerate, or overcome this pain.[ clarification needed ] [4] The author believes that sanctions have achieved maximum effectiveness resulted Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.[ clarification needed ] [5]

Contents

Richard Nephew is an adjunct professor and senior research scholar and program director at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy since 1 February 2015. He also was serving as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran between August 2013 to December 2014. [1] [3] [4] The book has been used as a guideline among the high level U.S. politicians since it was published. [2] [5] [6] The book was translated to Persian in Iran in mid 2018. [6]

Synopsis

Governments, international organizations and nations are increasingly turning to sanctions as a foreign policy tool. Sanctions will lose their efficiency, changing the behavior of the target entity, if they are used without a clear strategy. "The Art of Sanctions" offers a series of acts that can improve the efficiency of sanctions, such as a framework for planning and applying sanctions. [7] [2] [5] [6]

Nephew introduces sanctions as a strategic tool in U.S. foreign policy and explains them as an art whose efficacy depends on decision makers' creativity and their manipulation of using the economic, social and political tools as the sanction's tools. Nephew illustrates that export of many usual goods to the target country are prohibited during the sanction regime; the exporting of luxury goods can destroy the social's sense.[ clarification needed ] For example, the rise in chicken prices in Iran, a good that has not sanctioned, increased the pressure of sanctions among Iranian or exporting some goods to Iran evacuated the Iran's foreign currency reserves.[ clarification needed ] [2] [5] [6]

Pain and resolve are two key variables of sanctions; the relationship between a target's ability to resolve the pain and pressure of the sanctions is the most important factor for politicians. [4] Nephew believes the efficacy of sanctions relies on the use of pain against a target, while the target may decide to resolve, resist or deactivate this pain. Finding the role of pain and resolve is important in using sanctions successfully. Considering these two factors and finding their sensitivity during the sanction's course helps policy makers or politicians to calibrate, ease or remove the sanction's pressure. [4] [7]

Reception

Daniel Fried, a former U.S. diplomat, wrote about the book; "Nephew has manipulated a practical book about the sanction. Everybody who [is] concerned about North Korea, Russia and Iran, should read this book." [2] [6]

Robert Einhorn, a former senior adviser of the U.S. State Department's Nonproliferation Bureau and a member of the Brookings Institution, wrote; "Nephew has written an interesting book according his experiences as an American negotiator and sanction's plan creator. Sanctions have become a critical tool for U.S. foreign policy system and this book must be read by governors and experts who work on North Korea, Iran and Russia. The book is a great guide for [those] who want to create sanctions against the countries that challenge our national security, too." [2] [6]

Dennis Ross, an adviser to Barack Obama, said Nephew's "viewpoints and conclusions are highly valuable, and can help many policy makers, too". [2] [6]

Failure of US sanctions strategy against Iran

Richard Nephew writes in this book about the failure of the US sanctions strategy against Iran: Americans after the imposition of active sanctions (between years 1996 - 2004) found that in addition to oil and gas, industries such as petrochemicals, automobiles and consumer goods were most affected by the sanctions. Accordingly, sanctions were imposed on Iran's petrochemical sector during the year 2010, including the import of gasoline to Iran, but the strategy failed soon, because the Iranians began to optimize fuel consumption, which led to reduced consumption. Also they increased fuel production (gasoline and diesel) in their refineries. By this way they succeed in circumventing the petrochemical and gas boycott strategy. [8]

Significant

Consequences of the imposition of sanctions on crude oil exports in years 2012 and 2013

The author believes that these sanctions have led to the development of Iran's non-oil sectors, particularly the cement sector. Thus, the government was immune from some of the effects of the oil sanctions, as the government tried to find new opportunities in the market for its unauthorized products. In fact, Iran was able to increase its presence and its non-oil goods directly in these markets through sanctions, which limited the country's ability to export one commodity, leading to Iran's ability to expand into other commodities. So here, beyond demonstrating perseverance, Iran has also been able to get through the sanctions. [9]

Psychological war on sanctions

Richard Nephew points out in the book that the psychological warfare of sanctions has had more impact on sanctions than on the implementation and enforcement of sanctions. Somewhere in the book, he says, the psychological war on Iran, in addition to playing a key role in advancing American action, is aimed at making wrong decisions by Iranian statesmen in addition to creating despair and frustration among the Iran's people. [8]

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