Freezing Assets pp 1-7 | Cite as
Introduction: Economic Sanctions and Freezing Assets
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Throughout history, from the ancient Greeks to the present time, economic sanctions1 have been used by powerful states as policy instruments in their economic and political foreign relations. The objectives of imposing sanctions can be divided into two categories. Firstly, they have been used to safeguard economic and commercial interests in the face of international competitors. Secondly, economic sanctions have been used to exert pressure on target countries either to influence their political conduct or to destabilise regimes that are perceived as ‘unfriendly’.
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