VOL. XLII

No. 26

28-June-1999

GENERAL

US Sanctions Policy: Chaotic Or Merely Complicated

by Robert Pelletreau

The following article analyzes the use of sanctions as aforeign policy tool. Mr. Robert Pelletreau, formerly US Assistant Secretary ofState for Near Eastern Affairs, is currently with the law firm Alfridi andAngell in Washington, D.C.

In recent years, the threat or imposition of economicsanctions has become a favorite tool of both the Congress and theAdministration in seeking to change the...