Sanctions
1. What are sanctions?
Answer: Economic or political penalties imposed by one country or group of countries on another country or group of countries.
2. What are the different types of sanctions?
Answer: Economic sanctions, diplomatic sanctions, military sanctions, travel sanctions.
3. What are the goals of sanctions?
Answer: Deter or punish a country for its behavior, force a country to change its behavior, achieve other objectives.
4. What are the effects of sanctions?
Answer: Significant impact on the economy of the targeted country, shortages of food, medicine, and other essential goods.
5. Are sanctions effective?
Answer: A matter of debate.
6. What are some of the criticisms of sanctions?
Answer: Ineffective, harm civilians, seen as an act of war.
7. What are some of the alternatives to sanctions?
Answer: Negotiation and diplomacy, humanitarian assistance, multilateral action.
8. What are some examples of successful sanctions?
Answer: Sanctions imposed on South Africa during apartheid, sanctions imposed on Iran.
9. What are some examples of unsuccessful sanctions?
Answer: Sanctions imposed on Cuba, sanctions imposed on North Korea.
10. What is the future of sanctions?
Answer: Likely to remain a tool of foreign policy, more targeted and selective, used in conjunction with other tools.
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