Joint Economic Sanctions Enforcement Planning

Abstract

Economic sanction enforcement operations represent a viable U. S. foreign policy option now and in the near future. However, these operations suffer from three operational level deficiencies. First, they have a decidedly single Service focus, usually naval. Second, they fail to account for an opponent's reactions and unintended consequences. Third, Measures Of Effectiveness (MOEs) often fail to capture the actual level of success of the operation. This paper addresses these deficiencies by correlating socioeconomic and other sanction-specific issues to the Commander's Estimate of the Situation (CES) planning methodology. The CES process exposes the weaknesses in potentially ineffective single Service courses of action, and highlights the possibility of unintended consequences and militarily significant enemy courses of action. This analysis also highlights the need to involve the J-2 organization as early as possible in the process. Finally, because the effects of sanctions are cumulative, direct and indirect MOEs should change as the operation evolves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370669

Entities

People

  • Lee W. Schonenberg

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Factor Analysis
  • Governments
  • Land Transportation
  • Materials
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Police
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies