Dr. Hana Attia

A collection of animated and interactive visualizations of the International Sanctions Termination Dataset.

Reconstructing previously neglected debates about ending sanctions for the “watershed case” of the UN embargo against Iraq, we find that the United States depicted the lifting of sanctions as an all-or-nothing question, which impeded a more gradual approach toward ending the measures.

A dominant argument in the literature is that leaders tend to initiate military disputes in periods plagued by economic distress. This article revisits the diversionary theory and adapts it to the use of economic sanctions in the United States, contending that their use follows a similar diversionary logic.

This paper investigates whether sanctions based on standardized human rights assessments are also influenced by senders’ strategic political and economic interests.

Ein Gespräch über Sanktionen: Wie sie wirken, warum sie nicht wirken und was sich bessern muss, am Beispiel Iran.

Schon das dritte Jahr in Folge befüllt Äthiopien den Stausee am Grand-Ethiopian-Renaissance-Damm. Ägypten fürchtet daher um seine Wasserversorgung und droht mit Krieg. Eine Einigung in dem brisanten Streit ist nicht in Sicht.

ISA Annual Conference 2024, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco Organisers: International Studies Association Dr. Julia Grauvogel (Speaker), Dr. Hana Attia (Speaker)

Private companies play a critical but under-researched role for sanctions success. We examine what citizens think about companies’ responses to sanctions and whether firms that chose to continue doing business in the target state can successfully justify this decision.

IHSA Conference on Humanitarian Studies, Online Event and Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Organisers: International Humanitarian Studies Association Dr. Julia Grauvogel (Speaker), Dr. Hana Attia (Speaker)

COVID-19 did not significantly alter decisions related to the termination of sanctions in the years 2020 and 2021. There, are however, other temporary adjustment strategies by the senders in form of humanitarian exemptions and general licenses that were issued during these two years.