- 22 March 2012
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Do Sanctions Support Democratic Change?
22 March 2012 Posted By Lily Samimi
Some argue that sanctions will lead to regime change and/or change the course of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Others argue that it does nothing but hurt the Iranian people and weaken the indigenous pro-democracy movement. In the latest episode, we chat with Natasha Bahrami, a foreign policy researcher in D.C., about the track record of broad economic sanctions and their impact on democratization across the world. Natasha co-wrote a piece with Trita Parsi in the Boston Review entitled, “Blunt Instrument”, explaining through empirical evidence that sanctions in fact don’t bring about democratization.
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2 Responses to “Do Sanctions Support Democratic Change?”
so please explain how we can get rid of stinky ruling mullahs in Iran?
Sia Norouzi,
You take the pressure OFF of society. Then those preconditions for regime change become possible. Those things make uprisings possible. ALL we can do is make conditions possible.