Chatham House: Myths & Misconceptions - Sanctions
Date: June 10th, 2021 at 15:00 CET / 09:00 EDT Platform: Cisco Webex Events
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Abstract
The West’s Russia policy frequently contains flawed assessments based on inaccurate premises, with potentially serious consequences for international security.
With sanctions as the principal instrument of choice for the West attempting to change Moscow’s risk calculus, understanding them in the whole is crucial for their continued implementation and effectiveness.
This event discussed why sanctions are often dismissed as effective tools for constraining Moscow and examined how, at key moments, they have played a critical role in influencing Russia’s actions. It explored why time increases their effectiveness, how they affect Russia’s economy, and their overall impact on Russia’s domestic and foreign affairs.
Agenda
- Presentations:
* Why sanctions are dismissed as effective tools - Nigel Gould-Davies, IISS * Critical moments where sanctions influenced Russia's actions - Nigel Gould-Davies, IISS
- Moderated Discussion
- Question & Answer Session
Biographies
Moderator: James Nixey
Title: Director Affiliation: Russia-Eurasia Programme, Chatham House
James Nixey is the Director of the Russia-Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, specializing in the relationships between Russia and other post-Soviet countries. He has published extensively on Russian influence in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, and regularly comments in national and global media.
Speaker: Nigel Gould-Davies
Title: Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia Affiliation: International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Nigel Gould-Davies is a Senior Fellow at IISS and Editor of Strategic Survey: The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics. He previously served in the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, including as head of the economics department in Moscow and ambassador to Belarus. He is the author of Tectonic Politics: Global Political Risk in an Age of Transformation (2019).