Graduation Year
2020
Date of Submission
12-2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
International Relations
Reader 1
Hilary Appel
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Abstract
The United States, the European Union and allies responded to the Russian Federation’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea with economic sanctions. After providing a basic understanding of Russia’s political economy and rent redistribution economic system, this paper supplies an overview of the Western sanctions within Russia’s three economic sectors — the energy industry, the defense industry, and the financial system. From there, I make an analysis of the Russian response to the sanctions is within each sector. Furthermore, I argue that the United States supports ulterior motives for implementing the economic sanctions. Concluding with the effects of the sanctions to Russia's domestic, economic, and political climate and how that affects Russia's role as an actor in the international community.
Recommended Citation
Valles, Luisa, "Shutting Down Russia's Superiority Complex. An Analysis of the International Community's Response to Russia's 2014 Annexation of Crimea." (2020). CMC Senior Theses. 2286.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2286
