The EU Sanctions Architecture against Russia: Effectiveness, Limits, and Strategic Options for 2026–2030
The research project was designed as a comprehensive analytical assessment of the EU sanctions regime and its long-term policy significance. The study examines sanctions not as separate political reactions, but as an integrated architecture of political, economic, social, legal, hybrid, and compliance measures.
The project applies a multidimensional methodological framework combining political economy analysis, institutional and legal analysis, a comparative-historical approach, and public policy effectiveness analysis. This allows the research to evaluate not only whether sanctions exist, but how they function, where they generate pressure, where their limits appear, and how the regime may evolve between 2026 and 2030.
The main result of the project is a forward-looking model for understanding sanctions as a durable field of European governance rather than a temporary punitive response. The study concludes that the effectiveness of the sanctions regime depends on legal precision, coalition coordination, compliance quality, anti-circumvention mechanisms, and the ability to adapt pressure to Russia’s changing political and economic strategies.