The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions: The Case of Cuba

Authors

Sven Juhn von Burgsdorff, Department of International Studies, European Union Center of Excellence

First Page

31

Abstract

This paper starts with a review of more recent scholarship on the effectiveness of economic sanctions, with a particular focus on the question of whether sanctions succeeded in promoting respect for human rights and democracy. On the basis of available evidence, this will lead to some concluding remarks on those aspects which are likely to make economic sanctions a successful foreign policy tool. We will then look at the case of Cuba and the impact of the U.S. embargo and existing economic restrictions. A concluding chapter will finally suggest a number of general policy lessons for the U.S. and the E.U.

Recommended Citation

Sven Juhn von Burgsdorff, The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions: The Case of Cuba, 4 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 31 (2009).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol4/iss1/7