ABSTRACT
Sanctions are the favored policy-instrument of several Western states and international organizations. This chapter attempts to study the Indian and Chinese views on sanctions. It argues that a pro-sanctions discourse seems to be emerging in both the states. As India and China become more influential in world politics they might frequently resort to economic tools like sanctions to promote their foreign policy goals. Sanctions can be economic, in the form of trade embargoes, asset freezes, import restrictions; diplomatic, which may include limitations or cancellation of high-level government visits, expulsion or withdrawal of diplomatic missions, and military that target the military sector of another state, and may include arms embargoes or total cut off of military supplies. Sanctions today have become popular among the Western states. Though the US has imposed the highest number of unilateral sanctions, a number of Western states and international organizations have also placed sanctions on different states and entities.
