How Citizens Update their Preferences on Foreign Policy: Experimental Evidence on Western Sanctions
Year: 2025

This study examines how citizens update their foreign policy preferences, focusing on the role of policy effectiveness in shaping support for economic sanctions. Economic sanctions often require sustained public support, which depends on perceptions of effectiveness. Using a two-stage experimental design, we investigate how individuals’ preferences evolve when presented with information about effectiveness. The study covers three major sanctioning countries—the UK, Germany, and the US—and four h