Sanctioning to protect: An Explanation for Energy Sanctions

• In Event: Mechanisms of Compliance: Sanctions and Limited Negotiation

Brief Overview

This paper finds that energy-exporting states, like Russia, are more likely to impose energy sanctions on target states under 'high stakes' conditions as a means to secure future energy revenues and thereby protect their vital national interests.

Author

• Moonyoung Kim Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign