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A study which shows that multilateral sanctions are coercive in their pressure on their target and in their origin: the sanctions themselves frequently result from coercive policies, with one state attempting to coerce others through persuasion, threats, and promises.

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Lisa Martin argues that legislatures actually serve foreign policy well by giving credibility to the international commitments that are made. Martin concludes that - if institutionalized - even rancorous domestic conversations between executives and legislature augment rather than impede states' international dealings.