Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THE INDIVIDUAL States Don't Make Decisions; People Do The Economics of Autocracies Castro's Cuba in the 1990s and U.S. Sanctions PART 2: THE WORLD Democracies and the Politics of Trade International Finance and Money as a Security Tool Exchange Rate Choices Matter to National Security Maximizing Over Time Through Lending and Borrowing Curing Poverty Helps National Security Tools Against Terrorists International Law and Courts Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index