THE EFFECTIVENESS OF US SANCTIONS AS INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY
The United States of America has for many years continuously used the practice of applying sanctions against States whose leaders, in the opinion of American representatives, go beyond the scope of their authority in the international arena. In the context of conducting a rather tough sanctions policy of the United States, especially against Russia and Iran, there is a problem of the degree of vulnerability of the target countries of sanctions and the development of activities to overcome their consequences, both economic and political. Therefore, it is interesting to study such an important topic in recent years, the effectiveness of the application of American sanctions.