strategy
Conducting isolation campaigns
Context:
Individuals, groups, or countries may be the target of isolation campaigns because of an unacceptable stance on issues, whether ethical or non-ethical. The isolation campaign may be conducted in numerous ways, such as by enforcing an economic embargo, to persuade the party it is conducted against to change its stance. Implementation:
In 1993, the United States made Burma the focus of an isolation campaign in order to pressure the military junta to relax its grip on Burma's long-suffering citizens and to stop cooperating with the heroin producers whose output is flooding the USA. In recent years, Greece waged a widely disapproved isolation campaign, that included an economic embargo, against Macedonia. Macedonia was forced to redesign its flag and rename itself FYROM (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). Facilitated by:
Sanctioning Values:
Isolation Subjects:
Societal Problems → IsolationType Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
