THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON WELL-BEING OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OF TARGET COUNTRIES

During post-Cold War period, economic sanctions have become one of the defining features of the political landscape. Since the early 1990s, the US, Europe and other developed economies have imposed sanctions on other countries more than 500 times, seeking to assert their influence on the global stage without resorting to military interventions. No-one would dispute that such punitive actions can impose severe impacts on health and well-being of susceptible populations of most non-sanctioned countries, and even target countries are not immune from the adversity of economic sanctions. Vulnerable layers of target country’s society, such as children, women and aged people are those who suffer most from economic sanctions imposed by developed nations.