Part 1 International and national experiences with sanctions: economic sanctions in contemporary global relations, George A. Lopez and David Cortright; the United Nations experience with sanctions, James C. Ngobi; economic sanctions as tools of foreign policy, Ivan Eland; a review of economic sanctions - a Russian perspective, Sergey K. Oznobistchev et al. Part 2 Assessing sanctions: factors affecting the success of sanctions, Kimberly Ann Elliott; the problems and promise of economic sanctions, William H. Kaempfer and Anton D. Lowenberg; sanctions and international law, Christopher C. Joyner; the political and moral appropriateness of sanctions, Jack T. Patterson; economic sanctions and the just-war doctrine, Drew Christiansen and Gerard F. Powers. Part 3 Case studies: UN sanctions against Iraq, David E. Reuther; economic sanctions against Iraq - do they contribute to a just settlement?, Bashir Al-Samarrai; the use of sanctions in former Yugoslavia - misunderstanding political realities, Susan L. Woodward; the use of sanctions in former Yugoslavia - can they assist in conflict resolution?, Sonja Licht; the use of sanctions in Haiti - assessing the economic realities, Claudette Antoine Werleigh; sanctions and apartheid - the economic challenge to discrimination, Jennifer Davis. Part 4 The future of sanctions: a proposal for a new United Nations council on economic sanctions, Lloyd (Jeff) Dumas; research concerns and policy needs in an era of sanctions, D. Cortright and G.A. Lopez.