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The Think Tank Post
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Oyoyoy · CC BY-SA 3.0

Do sanctions change state behaviour?

Sanctions are now the default response to almost everything. The evidence on whether they alter decisions, as opposed to imposing costs, is thinner than the policy consensus suggests.

15 institutions · 5 countries · 33 publications

Grouped by the country the institution sits in, because where it sits shapes what it concludes. Every title links to the institution's own page; nothing is reproduced here.

01

United States

9 institutions · 19 publications

Brookings Institution

Peterson Institute for International Economics

02

Germany

2 institutions · 6 publications
03

United Kingdom

2 institutions · 5 publications
04

Sweden

1 institution · 2 publications
05

India

1 institution · 1 publications

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