When Sanctions Don’t Bite: Economic Statecraft, Protest, and Authoritarian Resilience in Russia

• In Event: Theories in International Security

Brief Overview

Using new data on Russian protests (2007–2020), this study finds that U.S. sanctions and economic downturns imposed costs but failed to trigger unrest—showing that economic pressure is an incomplete tool of foreign policy.

Author

• Joseph Kusluch, University of Northern Colorado