Seven Fallacies of Economic Sanctions
May 7, 2019 thinks one reason such measures fail so often is that governments lack a compelling rationale for imposing them.
Hassan Hakimian
Hassan Hakimian, Director of the London Middle East Institute and Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London, is a co-editor of Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions.
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Seven Fallacies of Economic Sanctions 
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