Punishing the State: How Do International Sanctions Shape Domestic Capacity?
This paper empirically demonstrates that while international sanctions generally erode domestic state capacity by creating economic uncertainty and institutional instability across a global sample from 1950 to 2022, they may paradoxically enhance capacity in developed and high-income nations, thereby calling for more targeted sanction policies and support mechanisms to mitigate institutional damage.
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