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Sanctions as War
Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy
Series: - Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 212
Sanctions as War: Anti-imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy offers the first comprehensive account of economic sanctions as a tool for exercising American power on the global stage. Since the 1980s, the US has steadily increased its reliance on economic sanctions, or the imposition of extensive financial penalties for violation of given rules, to fight its foreign policy battles. Perceived as a less costly and damaging alternative to kinetic military engagement, economic sanctions have been levied against over 25 other countries. In the process, sanctions have destroyed thousands of innocent lives and wreaked inestimable damages to civil society.
To understand how sanctions function as a war-making strategy, this collection offers chapters that address the theory and history of economic sanctions as well as chapter-length case studies of sanctions exercised against the civilian populations of Iraq, Venezuela, and other nations.
Contiributors are: Shireen Al-Adeimi; Tim Beal; Renate Bridenthal; Jesse Bucher; Stuart Davis; Gregory Elich; Manu Karuka; Jeremy Kuzmarov; Fangfei Lin; Washington Mazorodze; Tanner Mirrlees; Corinna Mullin; Junki Nakahara; Nima Nakhaei; Immanuel Ness; Sarah Raymundo; Muhammad Sahimi; Saif Shahin; Greg Shupak; Gregory Wilpert; Zhun Xu; Helen Yaffe
To understand how sanctions function as a war-making strategy, this collection offers chapters that address the theory and history of economic sanctions as well as chapter-length case studies of sanctions exercised against the civilian populations of Iraq, Venezuela, and other nations.
Contiributors are: Shireen Al-Adeimi; Tim Beal; Renate Bridenthal; Jesse Bucher; Stuart Davis; Gregory Elich; Manu Karuka; Jeremy Kuzmarov; Fangfei Lin; Washington Mazorodze; Tanner Mirrlees; Corinna Mullin; Junki Nakahara; Nima Nakhaei; Immanuel Ness; Sarah Raymundo; Muhammad Sahimi; Saif Shahin; Greg Shupak; Gregory Wilpert; Zhun Xu; Helen Yaffe
Stuart Davis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the City University of New York, Baruch College.
Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at City University of New York and Visiting Professor of Sociology at University of Johannesburg. He edits the Journal of Labor and Society. His most recent publications are Organizing Insurgency: Workersâ Movements in the Global South (Pluto Press, 2021) and The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2022).
Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at City University of New York and Visiting Professor of Sociology at University of Johannesburg. He edits the Journal of Labor and Society. His most recent publications are Organizing Insurgency: Workersâ Movements in the Global South (Pluto Press, 2021) and The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2022).
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
1âIntroduction Why Are Economic Sanctions a Form of War?
ââStuart Davis and Immanuel Ness
part 1
Theorizing and Situating Economic Sanctions in International Political Economy
2âSanctions as Instrument of Coercion Characteristics, Limitations, and Consequences
ââTim Beal
3âHunger Politics Sanctions as Siege Warfare
ââManu Karuka
4âEconomic Sanctions, Communication Infrastructures, and the Destruction of Communicative Sovereignty
ââStuart Davis
5âAll the Presidentâs Media How News Coverage of Sanctions Props up the Power Elite and Legitimizes US Hegemony
ââJunki Nakahara and Saif Shahin
6âTransnational Allies of Sanctions ngo Human Rights Organizationsâ Role in Reinforcing Economic Oppression
ââImmanuel Ness
7âSanctioning Chinaâs Tech Industry to âSecureâ Silicon Valleyâs Global Dominance
ââTanner Mirrlees
part 2
Profiles of Sanctioned Nation-States
8âUS Sanctions Cuba âto Bring About Hunger, Desperation and the Overthrow of the Governmentâ
ââHelen Yaffe
9âThe Western Frontier US Sanctions against North Korea and China
ââTim Beal
10âA Century of Economic Blackmail, Sanctions and War against Iran
ââMuhammad Sahimi
11âSanctions and Nation Breaking Yugoslavia, 1990â2000
ââGregory Elich
12âTargeted Sanctions and the Failure of the Regime Change Agenda in Zimbabwe
ââWashington Mazorodze
13âIraq Understanding the âSanctions Warfare Regimeâ
ââNima Nakhaei
14âWriting out Empire The Case of the Syria Sanctions
ââGreg Shupak
15âThe Blockade on Yemen
ââShireen Al-Adeimi
16âThe US War on Venezuela
ââGregory Wilpert
17âTrying to Unbalance Russia The Fraudulent Origins and Impact of US Sanctions on Russia
ââJeremy Kuzmarov
18âThe Political Economy of US Sanctions against China
ââZhun Xu and Fangfei Lin
part 3
Resistance to Economic Sanctions and Economic Sanctions as Resistance
19âBlowback to US Sanctions Policy
ââRenate Bridenthal
20âInternational Solidarity against US Counterinsurgency
ââSarah Raymundo
21âBoycott and Sanctions as Tactics in the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement
ââJesse Bucher and Stuart Davis
22âSettler Colonialism, Imperialism and Sanctions from Below Palestine and the bds Movement
ââCorinna Mullin
23âEpilogue
ââStuart Davis and Immanuel Ness
Index
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
1âIntroduction Why Are Economic Sanctions a Form of War?
ââStuart Davis and Immanuel Ness
part 1
Theorizing and Situating Economic Sanctions in International Political Economy
2âSanctions as Instrument of Coercion Characteristics, Limitations, and Consequences
ââTim Beal
3âHunger Politics Sanctions as Siege Warfare
ââManu Karuka
4âEconomic Sanctions, Communication Infrastructures, and the Destruction of Communicative Sovereignty
ââStuart Davis
5âAll the Presidentâs Media How News Coverage of Sanctions Props up the Power Elite and Legitimizes US Hegemony
ââJunki Nakahara and Saif Shahin
6âTransnational Allies of Sanctions ngo Human Rights Organizationsâ Role in Reinforcing Economic Oppression
ââImmanuel Ness
7âSanctioning Chinaâs Tech Industry to âSecureâ Silicon Valleyâs Global Dominance
ââTanner Mirrlees
part 2
Profiles of Sanctioned Nation-States
8âUS Sanctions Cuba âto Bring About Hunger, Desperation and the Overthrow of the Governmentâ
ââHelen Yaffe
9âThe Western Frontier US Sanctions against North Korea and China
ââTim Beal
10âA Century of Economic Blackmail, Sanctions and War against Iran
ââMuhammad Sahimi
11âSanctions and Nation Breaking Yugoslavia, 1990â2000
ââGregory Elich
12âTargeted Sanctions and the Failure of the Regime Change Agenda in Zimbabwe
ââWashington Mazorodze
13âIraq Understanding the âSanctions Warfare Regimeâ
ââNima Nakhaei
14âWriting out Empire The Case of the Syria Sanctions
ââGreg Shupak
15âThe Blockade on Yemen
ââShireen Al-Adeimi
16âThe US War on Venezuela
ââGregory Wilpert
17âTrying to Unbalance Russia The Fraudulent Origins and Impact of US Sanctions on Russia
ââJeremy Kuzmarov
18âThe Political Economy of US Sanctions against China
ââZhun Xu and Fangfei Lin
part 3
Resistance to Economic Sanctions and Economic Sanctions as Resistance
19âBlowback to US Sanctions Policy
ââRenate Bridenthal
20âInternational Solidarity against US Counterinsurgency
ââSarah Raymundo
21âBoycott and Sanctions as Tactics in the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement
ââJesse Bucher and Stuart Davis
22âSettler Colonialism, Imperialism and Sanctions from Below Palestine and the bds Movement
ââCorinna Mullin
23âEpilogue
ââStuart Davis and Immanuel Ness
Index
All interested in anti-imperialist critiques of US foreign policy from an academic or activist standpoint; area specialists in the Middle East, Latin America, or South Asia.