international sanctions
Cross-border economic punishment
International sanctions are penalties imposed by countries or international bodies against a nation, group, or individual to pressure them into changing behavior—typically regarding human rights, military aggression, or terrorism.
Sanctions may include trade restrictions, asset freezes, travel bans, or arms embargoes.
The UN imposed international sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program.
They aim to coerce without military force, though their effectiveness is often debated.
- arms embargoBan on military exports
- export controlsRestrictions on foreign sales
- import restrictionsLimits on foreign goods
- trade embargoBan on commercial exchange
- economic warfareHostile financial statecraft
North Korea · nuclear program · rogue state · travel restrictions · diplomatic isolation · UN · OFAC · asset freeze · frozen assets · naval blockades · compliance · authoritarianism · Russia · snapback · enforcement · autocracy · Iran · circumvention
- international lawtreaty, treaties, conventions, protocols, declarations
- Cuba-US RelationsCuban embargo, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, trade embargo, normalization
- Soweto UprisingJune 16, student protests, police brutality, protest march, tear gas
- Idi AminIdi Amin, Kampala
- Manchurian CrisisManchuria, Mukden Incident, puppet state, League of Nations, Japanese invasion
- NamibiaNamib, Rehoboth, harbor towns, German settlers, colonial administration
international sanctionsdiplomatic engagement
Official contact between governments
international cooperation · rapprochement · diplomatic recognition · détente · foreign aid
international sanctionsfree trade
Unrestricted international exchange
trade agreements · economic integration · open markets · foreign investment · financial aid
international sanctionsmilitary intervention
Use of troops abroad
military action · diplomatic negotiation · armed conflict · war · invasion