financial sanctions
Money-based punitive measures
Financial sanctions are government-imposed restrictions on economic activity with a targeted country, organization, or individual.
They may freeze assets, block banking access, or prohibit trade in specific goods.
Nations use sanctions to pressure adversaries without military force: The UN imposed financial sanctions after the invasion.
Sanctions can devastate economies or prove largely symbolic, depending on enforcement and international cooperation.
- governmentsRuling political authorities
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- trade embargoBan on commercial exchange
- oil embargoBan on petroleum exports
- asset freezeBlocking access to wealth
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- economic controlstariff, quota, embargo, trade restriction, trade embargo
- geoeconomicseconomic coercion, economic leverage, trade wars, currency wars, economic warfare
- protectionismprotectionism, trade barriers, tariffs, import quotas, trade restrictions
- global financeinternational banking, central banks, capital flows, exchange rates, foreign exchange
- boycottsboycott, consumer boycott, brand boycott, bus boycott, sports boycott
- coercionduress, coercing, compelling, threat, forcing
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Funding for education expenses
economic assistance · foreign aid · trade agreements · free trade · economic integration
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Official contact between governments
rapprochement · détente · diplomatic recognition · peace treaties · trade deals
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Armed force by state
military intervention · warfare · armed conflict · military force · invasion
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