Global Perspectives on Sanctions explores why sanctions are contested by so many countries around the world. While most countries have declared their opposition to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, relatively few have taken any action to apply restrictive measures on Moscow. Is it because they do not share norms of non-intervention and opposition to the use of force, is it because they are protecting their self-interests, or is it because they oppose the self-appointed group of countries enacting sanctions, or do they object to the use of sanctions in general? This edited collection investigates these issues by undertaking a multi-perspectivist, empirical and historically grounded set of analyses from Europe, North America, Africa, Latin America, East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Resistance to the use of sanctions is typically not based on opposition to global norms themselves, but how they are interpreted, by whom, and on the instruments themselves.

Roberto Belloni is Professor of International Relations at the University of Bologna. Previously he held research and teaching positions at Denver University, Harvard, Johns Hopkins (Bologna Center), Queens Belfast and Trento. He has worked extensively on various aspects of democratization and peace processes, with particular reference to the Balkans. His recent publications include The Rise and Fall of Peacebuilding in the Balkans (Palgrave, 2020), Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions: Low Expectations? (ed. with F. N. Moro, Rouledge, 2020), Fear and Uncertainty in Europe: The Return to Realism? (ed. with V. Della Sala and P. R. Viotti, Palgrave, 2019). Thomas Biersteker is Professor Honoraire at the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Francesco Giumelli is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Groningen.