Abstract:This article seeks to answer the questions of whether sanctions are 'smart' as designed and why if they are not. Evidence appears to suggest that smart sanctions are not 'intelligent' enough to change political leaders' alleged violent behavior or to protect innocent civilians from direct or physical as well as indirect or structural violence. Targeted government officials can always find ways to outsmart the sanction sender actors by resisting the latter's coercive efforts because of their willingness and abi… Show more
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