title: The political nature of the EU’s sanctions policy in the field of international security
abstract: The relevance of studying the European Union’s sanctions policy is due to its function as a tool for countering threats to international security. The aim of the study was to clarify the political nature of the European Union’s sanctions policy during the period 2014-2025 in the context of its transformation into a strategic foreign policy instrument. The methodological basis included systemic, functional, comparative, institutional, legal, and case methods, which allowed for the investigation o
journal: FOREIGN AFFAIRS