The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act in Terms of Secondary Sanctions in International Law

Abstract

The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is national legal document that permits the United States to impose sanctions on countries it regards as adversaries, namely North Korea, Iran, and Russia. Certain sections of the act also permit sanctions against third parties who engage in significant transactions with these three states. Since entering into force in 2017, the international community has criticized CAATSA, while academic research about the sanctions legislation has focused on the politics of this issue, failing to study how it accords with international law. This is the first study that analyzes the secondary sanctions stipulated in the act from the perspective of international law.

Keywords

Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), Secondary Sanction, Extraterritorial Sanction, S-400, United States of America.

Citation

Elvan Çokişler, "The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act in Terms of Secondary Sanctions in International Law", International Relations, Volume 18, Issue 69, 2021, pp. 71-86, DOI: 10.33458/uidergisi.912013

Affiliations

• Elvan ÇOKİŞLER, Dr. Assoc. Prof., Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Department of International Relations