October 2013 - The cases where sanctions have been applied to protect populations experiencing ongoing or impending mass atrocities are few and have produced mixed results. The UN Security Council imposed various targeted sanctions in 2005 in the case of Darfur, and in Côte d’Ivoire…
August 2013 - Because of the historic mistrust between the United States and Iran, as well as the complexities of the nuclear issue, achieving an agreement will require significant new initiatives and greater diplomatic flexibility on both sides.
This discussion paper outlines…
The Sanctions & Security Research Program is a project of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, in collaboration with the Fourth Freedom Forum.
The program collaborates with the Special Program on the International Targeted Sanctions (SPITS) at Uppsala University's Department of Peace and Conflict Research, and also with the UN Targeted Sanctions Consortium, based at The Graduate Institute, Geneva and the Watson Institute at Brown University.