States, firms, and power : successful sanctions in United States foreign policy

Author(s)

• Shambaugh, George E.

Bibliographic Information

States, firms, and power : successful sanctions in United States foreign policy

George E. Shambaugh

（SUNY series in global politics / James N. Rosenau, editor）

State University of New York Press, c1999

• : hc
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

States, Firms, and Power uncovers the workings behind frequently maligned and often misapplied economic sanctions and incentives that have emerged as the United States policy tools of choice. Shambaugh uses a theory of economic statecraft to analyze the sources and limitations of power relations between states and firms. The book features a statistical analysis of 66 sanction episodes since 1949, including detailed case studies of U.S. sanctions in the energy, computer, and telecommunications industries in the 1980s, and current U.S. sanctions against foreign companies conducting business in Cuba, Iran, and Libya. Understanding when and why economic statecraft works provides insights into the nature and exercise of power in world politics that can, in turn, guide policy-makers in their use of sanctions and incentives against friends, foes, and firms.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgments 1. The Puzzle and Argument: Dominance, Dependence, and Political Power The Power and Infamy of Sanctions Can Sanctions Work? Power, Wealth, and Why Secondary Sanctions Matter The Theory: Dominance, Dependence, and the Success of Economic Sanctions Dominance and Political Power Dependence and Political Power Sanctions against States and Firms Sovereign Authority, Sovereign Control, and Secondary Sanctions Sovereign Authority and Sovereign Control Conclusion: Dependence As a Positive Heuristic 2. Restricting the Proliferation of Strategic Goods and Technology since 1949 Export Controls and U.S. Foreign Policy Methodology Variable Definitions Research Strategy and Case Selection Statistical Analyses of U.S. Influence Attempts The Model Data Analysis Conclusion 3. Maintaining Power in an Alliance Conflict: The Trans-Siberian Pipeline Embargo, 1980–84 Comparative Case Studies of Secondary Sanctions The Pipeline Crisis in U.S. Export Control Policy Goals of American Pipeline Sanctions Targets Means of Enforcement Sources of U.S. Influence and Predictions of U.S. Success, 1980–84 The Use of Secondary Sanctions Predictions of Success, 1980–84 Case Analyses: U.S. Influence Attempts by Industry Dominance and Dependence in the Steel Pipe and Compressor Industries U.S. Influence over Firms: The First Round of Sanctions U.S. Influence over Firms: The Second Round of Sanctions Retaliation and Rebuttal by European and American Governments End of the Pipeline Crisis Conclusion 4. Tethering Technology: Operation Exodus, the IBM Letter, and Beyond Introduction Operation Exodus and U.S. Export Control Policy Goals of American High-Technology Controls Targets Means of Enforcement Aggregate Predictions of U.S. Influence Case Analyses: U.S. Influence in the Computer Industry Dominance and Dependence in the Computer Industry U.S. Influence over Firms in the Computer Industry U.S. Influence over National Governments in the Computer Industry Case Analyses: U.S. Influence in the Telecommunications Industry Dominance and Dependence in the Telecommunications Industry U.S. Influence over Firms in the Telecommunication Industry Dependence and the Success of U.S. Influence Summary of U.S. Influence in the Telecommunications Industry Dependence, Sanctions, and the Third Country Problem Goals, Targets, and Means of Enforcement Dependence and the Success of U.S. Influence Summary of U.S. Influence over Third Countries Conclusion 5. Conclusion: Threatening Friends and Enticing Enemies in the Post-Cold War World Power Relations among States and Firms Securing Extraterritorial Compliance The Findings and the Implications Costs and Limitations of Sanctions The Reciprocal Nature of Dependence Reliability and Competitiveness of American Firms Indigenous Development of Restricted Resources Sanctions in an Increasingly Interdependent World The Helms-Burton Act The Iran-Libya Sanctions Act Dominance, Dependence, and the Likelihood of Compliance U.S. Vulnerability to Countersanctions Conclusion: Dominance, Dependence, and Political Power Appendix: Legal Bases of U.S. Export Control Policy Domestic Sources of U.S. Export Control Policy Extending U.S. Regulations Abroad Conflicts of Concurrent Jurisdiction Selected Bibliography Index

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• NCID: BA4374059X
• ISBN:
  • 0791442713
  • 0791442721
• LCCN: 99028280
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 248 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF1413.5
  • DC21 : 337.73
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economic sanctions, American
  • LCSH : Export controls -- United States
  • LCSH : United States -- Commercial policy
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign economic relations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA31494099