International Sanctions as a Primary Institution of International Society

English School Special Section

“…142 It has since been extended in an ongoing debate to also include the notions of Sovereignty, Nationalism, Human Equality and the Market. 143 Since then, further additions have been suggested, for example, Environmental Stewardship, 144 International Sanctions 145 and -within the regional international society of Central Asia specifically -Authoritarianism. 146 Among ES scholars, not everyone agrees on the number of institutions, on keeping or extending a classical list, or alternatively a Buzanian one.…”

Evaluating the success of international sanctions: a new research agenda

“…September 2020 ISSN:1133-6595 -E-ISSN:2013-035X -www.cidob.org highlights, "the dominant power is the one that manages to impose and, thus, to legitimate, indeed to legalize… on a national or world stage, the terminology and thus the interpretation that best suits it in a given situation". From this perspective, sanctions can be seen as an ideological-coercive mechanism used to set new normative, legal and political standards that advance the agenda of dominant powers (Jones, 2015;Wilson and Yao, 2018). Sanctions with extraterritorial reach seek to extend de facto legal sovereignty over territories, actors and issues within the sovereign domain of other governments (Shambaugh, 1999;Bergeijk, 1995: 446-447).…”

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“…Como subraya Derrida (2003: 105), «el poder dominante es el que consigue imponer y, por tanto, legitimar, de hecho, legalizar (…) en un escenario nacional o mundial, la terminología y, con ello, la interpretación que más le conviene en una situación determinada». Desde esta perspectiva, las sanciones pueden verse como un mecanismo ideológico-coactivo para fijar una nueva normativa, estándares legales y políticos que fomentan la agenda de las potencias dominantes (Jones, 2015;Wilson y Yao, 2018). Las sanciones de alcance extraterritorial buscan extender de hecho soberanía legal sobre territorios, actores y asuntos que corresponden al dominio soberano de otros gobiernos (Shambaugh, 1999;Bergeijk, 1995: 446-447).…”