Sanctions Architects

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ISBN: 9789376558230

The Strategists Who Weaponized Finance

Selma Aarvik

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English

Mindful Pages
07 April 2026

International relations; Finance; Banking law

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When a hospital cannot pay for fuel, or a family's remittance disappears into a compliance queue, the real story of sanctions begins. This book steps into that hidden world, where weaponised finance is designed, tested, and defended by people whose names will never appear in headlines. Through vivid biographies of lawyers, compliance chiefs, and data investigators, it traces the evolution of economic sanctions history from blunt embargoes to finely tuned financial warfare book strategies. Readers follow export control tacticians, architects of swift payment systems, and specialists in sanctions compliance as they wrestle with secondary sanctions risks and global trade restrictions. Alongside them stand the designers of humanitarian carve-outs, struggling to limit the humanitarian impact of sanctions while navigating cautious banks and tangled rules. This is written for policy watchers, banking professionals, human rights advocates, and general readers who sense that today's international banking ethics debates are really about power and responsibility. Rather than offering legal advice or advocacy slogans, it gives a clear mental model for how sanction campaigns are built, how export control enforcement actually works in offices and operations, and where moral injury takes root. By the end, readers can recognise the levers inside financial systems, understand who pulls them, and judge for themselves when pressure crosses the line into damage.

By: Selma Aarvik
Imprint: Mindful Pages
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9789376558230
ISBN 10: 9376558235
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 07 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active