Non-Western Approaches to Sanctions: Global Perspectives

15 December 

9.00 – 9.15: Welcome and Introduction

• Roberto Belloni (University of Trento)
• Francesco Giumelli (University of Groningen)

9.15 – 11.15: Sanctions in the International System

• Elin Hellquist (Stockholm University): Sanctions and International (Dis)order: Patterns of Contestation at the UNGA 1970-2020
• Machiko Kanetake (Utrecht University): Dichotomies in International Law on Sanctions
• Fariba Alikarami (University of Teheran): Sanctions and their Impact on Global Interdependence: A Case Study of Iran

11.15-11.45: Coffee Break

11.45 – 13.00: African Perspectives

• John Agbonifo (Osun State University): Permanent Friends despite Bad Behaviour: African Perspectives on Sanctions
• Andre Alves Dos Reis (The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund): ECOWAS

13.00 – 14.30: Lunch

14.30 – 16.30: Sanctions and Emerging Powers

• Rishika Chauhan (King’s College London): The Emergent Stand of Emerging States: Understanding BRICS Perspective on Sanctions
• Zha Daojiong (Peking University): Sanctions as an Instrument of Diplomacy: a Chinese academic view
• Maria Cristina Rosas (National Autonomous University of Mexico): Sanctions: the “Best Kept Secret” in Mexico’s Foreign Policy.

16 December

9.00-11.00: Sanctions and Russia

• Intigam Mamedov (independent scholar) and Piotr Dutkiewicz (Carleton University): Russia: Faces of Sanctions
• Matteo Dian (University of Bologna): Why Are ASEAN States Not Sanctioning Russia? Sovereignty, Dependence or Vulnerability?
• Roberto Belloni (University of Trento): Between East and West: Why Did Serbia Not Impose Sanctions on Russia?

11.00-11.30: Coffee Break

11.30-13.00: Conclusions and Ways Forward

• Thomas Biersteker (Graduate Institue Geneva): Sanctions and Global IR