concepts.category.economic-role
Sanctions target
A state under sustained economic restrictions meant to change policy without full military confrontation.
How to read coverage
Measure adaptation speed, humanitarian spillovers, and whether sanctions align allies — leakage undermines pressure.
OAP frame
Being a sanctions target restructures politics toward autarky, smuggling elites, and security-over-welfare budgeting.
What to watch
- enforcement actions
- secondary sanctions
- inflation protests
Example countries