Analysis Of The Eu's External Economic Sanctions

Economic sanction has been increasingly used as a diplomatic policy instrument. It means one or more international actors, according to its(their) economic strength, put coercive non-military measures except severance of diplomatic relations on other actor(s) so as to force it(them) to abandon its(their) current policy and action. Economic sanction imposed by the sender aims to realize its political objectives.European Union is a most integrated and influential regional organization. CFSP establishes EU's basic foreign policy goal—to strengthen the security of EU and its members, preserve peace, develop and consolidate democracy and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. According to its economic strength, EU has imposed economic sanctions on several countries with guidelines of Guidelines on implementation and evaluation of restrictive measures and Basic Principles on the Use of Restrictive Measures (Sanctions).There are three main factors affecting EU's economic sanctions which are from EU, the receiver and international society. In practice, EU's sanctions has gained some achievements, but it does not mean each of the sanctions has fully realize its goal. And there also exist some problems--conflict of interests and low degree of cooperation of sanctions as well as possible humanitarian crisis and the cost of sanction. It is important to take all these problems into consideration, for it relates to approval of and support for sanctions, which can speak of its legitimacy EU can get.