Backfire - how sanctions reshape the world against US interests

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Backfire explores the surprising ways sanctions affect multinational companies, governments, and ultimately millions of people around the world. Drawing on interviews with experts, policy makers, and people in sanctioned countries, Agathe Demarais examines the unintended consequences of the use of sanctions as a diplomatic weapon. Preface I. SANCTIONS GENESIS 1 FROM EMBARGOES TO SANCTIONS: A BRIEF HISTORY 2 HITTING WHERE IT HURTS: THE ERA OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS 3 HIT AND MISS: WHY SANCTIONS SOMETIMES WORK, BUT MORE OFTEN FAIL II. SANCTIONS CROSSFIRE 4 COLLATERAL DAMAGE: WHEN SANCTIONS KILL 5 SANCTIONS OVERREACH: WHEN FOREIGN FIRMS GET CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE 6 SANCTIONS OVERKILL: WHEN SANCTIONS CRASH GLOBAL COMMODITIES MARKETS 7 SANCTIONS DISPUTES: WHEN RUSSIAN GAS PIPELINES DIVIDE ALLIES III. SANCTIONS BLUES 8 SANCTIONS-BUSTING: AVOIDANCE SCHEMES FROM U.S. FRIENDS AND FOES 9 DOING DOWN THE DOLLAR: THE RISE OF DIGITAL COINS AND OTHER RESERVE CURRENCIES 10 HIGH-TECH FUTURE: ARE EXPORT CONTROLS THE SANCTIONS OF TOMORROW? 11 WHEN SANCTIONS WORK TOO WELL: WHY DECOUPLING FROM CHINA WOULD BACKFIRE CONCLUSION Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index