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North Korea’s recent nuclear test has led to demands for a new round of United Nations sanctions against the country, but the title of a recent Foreign Policy blog post, ‘Is there anything in North Korea left to sanction?’ neatly summarizes the problem facing UN diplomats—and in the process points out one of the key weaknesses in the current sanctions regime.
In the latest SIPRI Essay by SIPRI researchers Hugh Griffiths and Lawrence Dermody, the authors explain how the North Korea sanctions could be made more effective. They analyze the current situation and examine past examples of UN sanctions and related regional and unilateral measures.