We would like to invite you to the lecture: The Impacts and Effectiveness of Sanctions on Russia

Multilateral sanctions were applied by the G7+ following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Although many leaders and pundits described them as "unprecedented," more extensive sanctions regimes have been applied in other contexts. What is unique about the measures, and what is not? What are their purposes, how have they been designed, what has been their impact to date, and how should we think about their effectiveness? Looking forward, how might the relaxation of the measures be used in the future to facilitate a negotiated settlement of the conflict?

Lecture is given by the visiting professor Thomas J. Biersteker from the Graduate Institute, Geneva and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.

THOMAS J. BIERSTEKER is Gasteyger Professor Honoraire at the Graduate Institute, Geneva and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. He previously taught at Yale University, the University of Southern California, and Brown University. Author/editor of twelve books, including Targeted Sanctions: The Impacts and Effectiveness of UN Action (2016) and Informal Governance in World Politics (forthcoming), his research focuses on international relations theory, multilateral governance, and international sanctions. He is the principal developer of UNSanctionsApp, an interactive tool for the design and analysis of UN sanctions. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.A. from the University of Chicago.