CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. I SANCTIONS GENESIS
5. 1 FROM EMBARGOES TO SANCTIONS A Brief History 3
6. 2 HITTING WHERE IT HURTS The Era of Financial Sanctions 16
7. 3 HIT AND MISS Why Sanctions Sometimes Work, but More Often Fail 35
8. II SANCTIONS CROSSFIRE
9. 4 COLLATERAL DAMAGE When Sanctions Kill 53
10. 5 SANCTIONS OVERREACH When Foreign Firms Get Caught in the Crossfire 67
11. 6 SANCTIONS OVERKILL When Sanctions Crash Global Commodities Markets 86
12. 7 SANCTIONS DISPUTES When Russian Gas Pipelines Divide Allies 100
13. III SANCTIONS BLUES
14. 8 SANCTIONS-BUSTING Avoidance Schemes from U.S. Friends and Foes 123
15. 9 DOING DOWN THE DOLLAR The Rise of Digital Coins and Other Reserve Currencies 140
16. 10 HIGH-TECH FUTURE Are Export Controls the Sanctions of Tomorrow? 158
17. 11 WHEN SANCTIONS WORK TOO WELL Why Decoupling from China Would Backfire 176
18. CONCLUSION 197
19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 201
20. NOTES 203
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 249
22. INDEX 287