Economic Warfare

Lowe, Vaughan; Tzanakopoulos, Antonios

Economic Warfare

MAX PLANCK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, Rüdiger Wolfrum, ed., Oxford University Press, 2012

14 Pages Posted: 3 Nov 2010 Last revised: 10 Jun 2011

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Antonios Tzanakopoulos

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

Date Written: January 10, 2010

Abstract

This entry discusses economic measures which aim at reducing or destroying the enemy's war-fighting capability during armed conflict ('traditional' economic warfare) as well as peacetime measures which closely resemble traditional economic warfare, such as embargoes and collective economic sanctions.

Keywords: economic warfare, blockade, visit and search, interdiction, navicert, contraband, prize law, trading with the enemy, enemy nationals, neutrals, neutrality, collective economic sanctions, countermeasures, UN, Chapter VII, Security Council, economic pressure

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Lowe, Vaughan and Tzanakopoulos, Antonios, Economic Warfare (January 10, 2010). MAX PLANCK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, Rüdiger Wolfrum, ed., Oxford University Press, 2012. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1701590