Clingendael Sanctions Network
The Clingendael Sanctions Network is an invite-only event to bring together policymakers, think tankers, academics, NGO experts, and other practitioners to explore the main challenges faced by Dutch and European sanctions policy and work collaboratively towards new solutions for important problems in this sphere.
In recent years, sanctions have rapidly increased in importance as a key European, and more broadly Western, policy instrument to punish violators of international law. At the same time, the growing impact of sanctions on international politics and the global economy raise a whole series of important questions, ranging from ways to improve the effectiveness of sanctions and close loopholes in sanctions regimes to humanitarian and ethical concerns, as well as questions surrounding the uses and limitations of sanctions as a strategic policy instrument.
To help policymakers answer these questions and meet current challenges, the Dutch MFA has requested the Clingendael Institute to create a Sanctions Network to facilitate knowledge exchange between policymakers and experts working on sanctions with the aim of informing both Dutch and European sanctions policy.
Programme
Thursday January 16: Launch of the Sanctions Network
in Dutch
15.30 Walk-in and registration
16.00 Public launch of the Sanctions Network by Eeuwke Faber (director of the Sanctions Policy Unit of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
16.15 Word of welcome on behalf of the Clingendael Institute by Louise van Schaik (Head of the EU & Global Affairs Unit at the Clingendael Institute)
16.30 Panel on key trends and challenges in sanctions policy, with:
- Eeuwke Faber (Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Gerdien Meijerink (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
- Robbert Rademakers (SEO Amsterdam Economics)
- Moderator: Louise van Schaik (Clingendael Institute)
17.30–18.30 Drinks
Friday January 17: Tightening the Thumbscrews: European Sanctions and Economic Statecraft
in English
8.30-9.15 Walk-in and registration
9.15 Keynote by Robin Niblett (Chatham House) on the geopolitical dynamics driving European sanctions policy, followed by Q&A, moderated by Rem Korteweg (Clingendael Institute)
10.00 Short break
10.15 Keynote by Alexandra Prokopenko (Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center) on the impact of Western sanctions on the Russian economy and lessons for European sanctions policy, followed by a Q&A, moderated by Kaspar Pucek (Clingendael Institute)
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Panel on sanctions implementation and enforcement, with:
- Tristan Kohl (Central Statistics Bureau of the Netherlands, University of Groningen)
- Kinga Redlowska (RUSI)
- Françoise Schild (Sanctions Policy Unit of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Moderator: Rem Korteweg (Clingendael Institute)
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Panel on the impact of Western sanctions on target countries with experts on North Korea, Russia, Sudan, and Latin America, with:
- Professor Remco Breuker (Leiden University)
- Benjamin Hilgenstock (Kyiv School of Economics, DGAP)
- Guido Lanfranchi (Clingendael Institute)
- Christopher Sabatini (Chatham House)
- Moderator: Kaspar Pucek (Clingendael Institute)
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 Panel on the humanitarian and ethical aspects of sanctions, with:
- Lia van Broekhoven (Human Security Collective)
- Alexandra Hofer (Utrecht University)
- Aurora Molesini (University of Groningen)
- Moderator: Louise van Schaik (Clingendael Institute)
17.30–18.30 Drinks
