Joy Gordon

Joy Gordon is a professor of philosophy at Fairfield University and currently a senior fellow in the Global Justice Program at Yale. She is a contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus and the author of Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions (Harvard University Press).

How Smart Are the Iran Sanctions?

In the face of the rising hysteria regarding Iran’s development of its nuclear power facilities, there is talk of preemptive military strikes against Iran. Meanwhile, sanctions on Iran – by both the UN Security Council and the United States – have become increasingly harsh. And to the extent they are successful, these sanctions will harm … Continue reading “How Smart Are the Iran Sanctions?”