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Honey
and Vinegar
Richard N. Haass
and Meghan L. O'Sullivan
A recently published
book by Brookings Institution scholars recommends a mix of engagement
backed up with the threat of sanctions for conducting foreign policy.
The book examines seven foreign policy case studies and suggest how
incentives-based strategies might be preferable to, or used in tandem
with, punitive measures. Philip Zelikow, reviewing the book in Foreign
Affairs, noted, "Although credible sticks must complement carrots,
the contributors explain why the equation should usually work both ways."
The Big Ten : The Big
Emerging Markets and How They Will Change Our Lives
Jeffrey E. Garten, 1997
From the former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade comes
a provocative vision of the stakes for America as new political and
economic powers emerge around the world. Garten introduces us to the
ten most dynamic emerging powers and makes a compelling case for increased
American engagement and trade with them. Garten sees our entire way
of life bound up in meeting this challenge. Index. Appendix. Charts
and graphs.
The Children Are Dying: The Impact of Sanctions on Iraq
Reports from the United Nations and Ramsey Clark, et al., 1997
Today, six years after the firebombing of Iraq, some 20% of the Pentagon's
budget is still dedicated to the military occupation of the Gulf region.
US warplanes may no longer strike unsuspecting civilians, but another form
of weaponry still ravages the land: economic sanctions. In this volume
chilling eye-witness accounts, documentary data, and pleas from world
leaders as diverse as a British MP, the President of Algeria, and a former US
Attorney General combine to call our attention to a genocidal policy that
has taken the lives of over 500,000 Iraqi children in recent years, and
threatens the future of millions more.
Economic
Sanctions Reconsidered
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jeffrey J. Schott, and Kimberly Ann Elliott, second edition 1990
"This landmark study was thoroughly updated in 1990 and was repeatedly
cited in the congressional debate on the use of force against Iraq. It
chronicles and evaluates 116 uses of economic sanctions since 1914. Each
case study contains a concise chronology; the sanctioning country's
objectives and the target country's response; the roles played by important
third countries; relevant economic data and a calculation of costs; and an
assessment of the outcome. From this exhaustive analysis, the authors
distill a set of "commandments" to guide policymakers in the effective
use of sanctions. The study comprises two volumes: Economic Sanctions
Reconsidered: History and Current Policy (sold separately) and Economic
Sanctions Reconsidered: Supplemental Case Histories."
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