Penalties for Iran and Russia
Are sanctions a deterrent or have they become part of everyday life?
By Céline Joufffrau and Andrea Sellmann
April 25, 2024, 11:00 a.m
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Sanctions are clear signals from the West. But do they also work? The mullahs’ regime uses it as an opportunity to rail against the USA. Vladimir Putin apparently knows every loophole. Do sanctions make sense or do they drive states closer together?
Along with Russia and North Korea, Iran is one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world. That didn’t stop him from attacking Israel. Russia, against which massive sanctions have been imposed since the war of aggression against Ukraine, is still continuing the war after more than two years.
An immediate reaction to sanctions is particularly unlikely for large countries, explains political scientist Anton Peez in the podcast “Wirtschaft Welt & Weit”. Iran will not stop building drones, but production could slow down and become more expensive, he says. In addition, Iran may have to use inferior material for production. Sanctions work over years, not days.
Have Russia and Iran long since taken into account the consequences of the sanctions? Are we not only driving the countries closer together, but also driving them more towards China? And: Could a tougher crackdown after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 have put Putin in his place? In the new podcast episode, host Andrea Sellmann talks to Anton Peez about sanctions, loopholes and also whether success can be measured seriously.
Anton Peez is a political scientist at the Goethe University Frankfurt. He conducts research at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), which is the Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research. Anton Peez deals intensively with the topic of economic sanctions and norms in international politics.
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