title: Signaling, Constraining and Coercing in US sanctions policy towards Russia in the context of the Ukraine crisis
abstract: The development of the US foreign policy tools in the 20th century resulted in sanctions becoming one of the most convenient means for achieving administration’s goals on the international arena, as well as a useful tool in domestic politics. Institutionally established within the scope of the executive branch, buttressed by the US dominance in the world economy and viewed as a “humane” way of influencing foreign elites, it does not demand significant political capital and, as a result, can be i
journal: MGIMO Review of International Relations