Abstract

Sanctions have increasingly been deployed in the past two decades by the U.S. government (as well as other governments around the world) against individuals, entities and other states. These sanctions seek to compel or deter behavior in a variety of areas, ranging from the waging of war to illicit activities such as money laundering, narcotics and weapon trafficking, terrorism financing and forced child labor. In this piece, we examine the main ways in which the U.S. sanctions regime intersects with and impacts international arbitration, and how sanctions-related risks can ...