The USA has a love of sanctions. And the use of sanctions has increased in frequency. And sanctions are imposed on nations that counter attack mostly.
Sanctions do have a death toll largely amongst infants & older seniors. And adverse effects on public health upon the sanctioned nation. Along with economic damage of the sanctioned nation.
I wonder if the representatives know a yes sanction will result in deaths. Or do they vote yes to demonstrate they are doing something to voice their displeasure of the actions of the sanctioned nation.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00189-5/fulltext
The fraction of the world’s economy subject to unilateral sanctions, for example, has grown from 5·4% in the 1960s to 24·7% in the 2010–22 period.
Its seems sanctions rarely work. 2 success use of sanctions.
In the 1920s, the League of Nations used a sanctions threat to prevent two border wars in the Balkans. In 1956, the United States threatened to withdraw support of British currency and block IMF loans to convince Britain to stop a war against Egypt.
However, the bigger the ideological differences between countries, the less likely sanctions are likely to work.