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The 26 pages that link to Economic sanctions, each with the reason it gives.
Collective securityRelated: They offer members a shared response short of military force.
AnnexationRelated: States may use sanctions to oppose an annexation or raise its costs.
SmugglingRelated: Sanctions create controls that illicit trade networks may try to circumvent.
Trade policyRelated: Their effectiveness and humanitarian costs remain contested in trade policy.
World economyRelated: Sanctions use cross-border economic ties as instruments of foreign policy.