Featuring Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, & Trita Parsi

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Today @ Noon ET - Sanctioned Realities: Iran and the Failure of Economic Warfare
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Sanctions have long been a staple in US foreign policy, on the assumption that they are an effective alternative to war in shaping the behavior of U.S. adversaries. But a new book by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez, How Sanctions Work: The Impact of Economic Warfare on Iran, demonstrates that punishing sanctions are not only ineffective, but actually counterproductive.

The case of Iran, which has undergone U.S. sanctions for over four decades — is instructive. Escalating U.S. sanctions have only furthered enmity between the U.S. and Iran, increasing the likelihood of lethal conflict and the prospect of a nuclear Iran, all the while compelling the Iranian population to pay the price. At a time when the risk of a region-wide war in the Middle East is growing, it is important to consider the extent to which economic warfare has helped bring us to this point, and what that means for U.S. policy going forward.

February 2024

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12:00 PM EST
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Join us for a timely and important discussion with:

Narges Bajoghli

Narges Bajoghli, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins-SAIS, is an award-winning anthropologist, scholar, and filmmaker. She co-directs the Rethinking Iran initiative at SAIS. Narges' book, "Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic", received the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title.

Vali Nasr
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Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins-SAIS, and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He co-directs the Rethinking Iran initiative at SAIS. Vali previously served as the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Trita Parsi (Moderator)

Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President at the Quincy Institute. He was the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order and was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy in Washington D.C. in both 2021 and 2022. Parsi is an expert on the geopolitics of the Middle East.

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