United Nations Use of Sanctions

Office of Secretary General provides a summary of current and historical sanctions, with links to related resolutions by country.
http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sanction.htm

U.S. Sanctions Against Burma: A Failure on All Fronts

A Cato Institute essay arguing that unilateral sanctions against Burma has been a failure, and forcing U.S. firms to disengage from Burma only harms US economic interests and does nothing for Burmese human rights and prosperity.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/trade/tpa-001.html

Stuck in Sanctions: U.S. Needs Way Out of Policy Morass

Commentary by Aaron Lukas, a policy analyst from the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies.
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/articles/al-2-9-98.html

U.S. Treasury - Sanctions Program Summaries

Lists country summaries and overview of US sanctions against other nations.
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/

Can We Ever Justify Economic Sanctions?

Questions if economic sanctions are the cynical ploy of powerful states, or a justifiable weapon for use against dictators. From The Ecologist.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2465/4_31/74583517/p1/article.jhtml?term=%2Bsanctions+%2Binternational+-local