Should the US Impose Economic Sanctions on Russia

There are many countries that the United States frequently traded with who are now under a set of economic sanctions today. The sanctions were designed to restrict a country to the resources of their country and their allies until they comply with specific request. The US-Cuban sanctions were suppose was supposed to be in place until democracy and human rights were restored in Cuba. One effect of the sanction resulted in Cuban citizens only being able to purchase vehicles made before 1958. Although this is a minor effect of sanction, can you imagine if you were only able to possess a microwave that was made before 1958?

According to the wall street journal, The US intelligence community has no conclusive proof, as far as we are aware, that Russia was responsible for these attacks. In addition, Both President Obama and the director of national intelligence (DNI) Clapper have said that they are not ready to blame Russia for the hack of the DNC.  If a public accusation is announced, it is not something that can be easily taken back. If we pass this bill and Russia turns out to be innocent, there will be issues that the US will have to face against Russia. These accusations are not taken lightly and will result in conflicts. We should be certain that Russia was behind this before imposing sanctions on them. A clear example of us falsely accusing someone was iraq. That was done based on relatively sure intelligence and it resulted in  Al-Quaida’s core organization regrouping in Pakistan and us losing $800 for a War that was clearly unnecessary according to USnews. In addition, This is a completely different story. We’re talking about Russia here. If we engage in this conflict and place sanctions on Russia, it will cause bigger problems. We can’t afford to make the same mistake and therefore we shouldn't pass this

Jessica Taylor of NPR talks about how “Donald Trump's praise towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin” is creating controversy once again after his interview on Thursday to state-funded Russian Television. It is pretty obvious to the everyday American that the U.S. lags behind Russia in the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and that as America's global influence diminishes, a potential nuclear war with Russia could have earth-shattering effects. With these rising tensions and a nuclear war threatening on the horizon, one would imagine a President to work to relieve the possible threat. No President since Ronald Reagan has made efforts to work, or possibly find an ally within Russia. Over the past 8 years, President

Vladimir Putin certainly does need to do something to look like he is at least working to lift the sanctions. Even though the Russian people and industry are adapting to the life under the sanctions, it does not mean they are happy living under the sanctions. It seems possible that the sanctions will increase discontent with the Russian people if Putin is not trying to get the sanctions lifted. Even though Putin needs to, try to get the sanctions lifted they still may be helping him Putin stay in power. Much of Putin’s rhetoric invokes Russian nostalgia to the time of the USSR when the Soviet Union was a global power. He can easily use spin the sanctions into an issue of the United States continuing to be worried about Russia’s rising global

All of the goods that we receive from Russia are very important and beneficial to us. Some people use iron and steel in their everyday lives, so if we do not continue helping Russia, we may not continue to get these goods that contribute so strongly to our economy. The importance of these goods that we receive is another incentive to continue helping Russia and their economy expand and grow. The total imports from Russia totaled $27 billion in 2013, while the total exports to Russia totaled only $11.2 billion ("President Obama 's Signature Paves Way for Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Moldova"). Even though the US did have a $15.8 billion deficit in 2013, as the Russian economy continues to grow, more Russians will be able to buy the imported goods and more companies will use the imported goods since they use more advanced equipment and technology (Cohen, "President Obama 's Signature Paves Way for Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Moldova").

United States policymakers employ economic sanctions not only to equalize trade and investment disputes, but also to

To most of the world, sanctions are a mixed blessing. On the one hand, they reinforce trade rules and promote respect for them. On the other hand, they tend to undermine the principles of free trade and provoke a kind of ‘trade envy’(Charnovitz) in other international organizations.

Firstly, we all need to be clear on what sanctions regimes are and how they are set out. Financial and Trade Sanctions are part of a package of measures applied by individual countries, International Organisations or Regional Bodies to fight aggression, terrorism, criminal behaviour or violations of human rights. These Sanctions measures are intended to

When the Soviet Union collapsed, they lost the strength of the military. Over the years The United States and NATO have been the leaders in foreign affairs, which has decreased Russia’s economy. Now with Putin in charge, Russia has drastically altered its foreign policies to bring back Russia former glory. If Russia can get back on par with the United States, the act of sanctions and being told what laws they must follow will be nonexistent providing a larger economic base, which will allow for greater global power. With This power Russia will be able to establish stronger allies that will counter NATO agendas and be able to regulate global commerce and trade, which

Economic sanctions have become a common tool of international relations and an important yet controversial foreign policy tool. In fact, economic sanctions have been gathering attention recently, such as the United States and European Union (EU) against Russia 's Crimea Annexation, and United Nation (UN) against North Korea and Iran based on the Nations Security Council Resolutions. In the field of international politics, economic sanctions have been one of the significant and controversial issues. However their structure and the success conditions of economic sanctions are not elucidated.

The United States followed suit by imposing sanctions against persons they deem to have violated or assisted in the violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, which were mostly close aides of Putin. "We want the Ukrainian people to determine their own destiny and to have good relations with the United States, Russia, Europe, with anyone they choose" said Obama. The US Department of Treasury introduced sanctions against some Russian individuals and organizations, including four banks including SMP Bank and InvestCapitalBank, controlled by the Rotenberg brothers. 17 Russian companies were also sanctioned against.

Economic sanctions provide states and international institutions with an invaluable instrument of coercion. Without having to resort to violence, at least in the traditional sense, states can gain concessions and compliance from the target state. Economic sanctions are, however, not always successful. An analysis of 204 cases of implemented economic sanctions, from the start of the Cold War to 2000, revealed that economic sanctions were “at least partially successful” a mere 34% of the time (Hufbauer). While all economic sanctions have financial implications, there is a distinction to be drawn between economic sanctions—which include both trade and financial sanctions—and financial sanctions, as a standalone term. Financial sanctions can be defined as “restrictions that limit the provision of certain financial services or restrict access to financial markets, funds and economic resources in order to achieve a specific foreign policy or national security objective” (Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury). As the international financial system has become more globalized, and as a result more difficult to avoid while engaging in practically any form of economic transaction, the efficacy of financial sanctions has increased over more traditional forms of economic sanctions. Modern financial sanctions also have the added benefit of being more precise than their alternatives. This enables initiator states to institute sanctions in a more stylized manner and

There is no legal definition of sanctions in Public International Law. Where it can merely understood by the expression, that it gives directions to any political entity or any other in order to make them or restrain

Presidential candidate Donald Trump talked about improving the relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin seemed to send signals that he was open to such overtures. Unfortunately when Trump unexpectedly won the election the Russia collusion accusations have become the main weapon of the Democratic opposition against the new president. The liberal media went on the Russia probe binge that is not likely to go away any time soon.

Positive sanctions are meant to foster relations between countries. Negative sanctions are intended to cause another country economic harm. The debate around economic sanctions typically focuses on the negative kind. Sanctions can be unilateral - from one sender country to one target country - or multilateral from multiple countries. Multilateral sanctions can be orchestrated by one main country supported by other countries, or they can be sent under the auspices of an international organization. Raul Caruso distinguishes three different kinds of negative sanctions – boycotts, embargoes, and