University of Notre Dame
Kroc Institutde for International Peace Studies

January 2010

Stalemate: A Short History of Sanctions against Iran

Stalemate: A Short History of Sanctions against Iran

Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf Since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the subsequent hostage crisis, the United States has imposed sanctions against Iran on a continuous basis. The initial measures were moderately influential in resolving the hostage crisis, when combined...

Sanctioned into Submission? Options for Change in Iran

Sanctioned into Submission? Options for Change in Iran

George A. Lopez This post includes video content. (4:35) The nuclear standoff between Iran and the western powers has intensified to the point where the only question being asked in Washington is how “crippling” — to use Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s preferred...

Reform & Resistance in Iran

Reform & Resistance in Iran

An interview with Peter Wallensteen Peter Wallensteen, a professor at Uppsala University in Sweden and the Kroc Institute at Notre Dame, is an expert on economic sanctions and regime change. We asked him about the reform movement in Iran and how it would be affected...