Predicting actions taken to counter economic sanctions: an examination of U.S. government financial data collection and its usefulness in determining if foreign governments anticipate economic sanctions : a case study of Iraq.
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Kotlar, Kim Leslie
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1992-12Advisor
Gates, William
Wirtz, James J.
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Economic sanctions have been a long-standing policy
instrument used by the United States. While much research has
been conducted on the effectiveness of sanctions, little has
been written on whether governments anticipate economic
sanctions and take measures to protect assets held in foreign
countries. Using Iraq as a case study, this thesis uses
publicly available U.S. Government-collected information to
track the flow of foreign financial data within the United
States to determine if it is possible it identify events which
may indicate that a country is attempting to protect its
foreign assets in anticipation of economic sanctions. The
thesis concludes that Iraq did not anticipate U.S. imposed
economic sanctions prior to invading Kuwait in August 1990,
and that financial data collected by various U.S. Government
agencies are not particularly useful in conducting timely
financial flow analysis.
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