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De skapas inte från sanktioner i alla fall. De är meningslösa. Exemplen då de varit framgångsrika är väldigt få och handlar om shit hole countries i princip:Is This How Sanctions Are Supposed to Work?
Bruised but not yet broken, Russia’s economy sputters along as global energy and food prices soar.
/.../That the sanctions aren’t having the desired effect shouldn’t be a surprise, Gary Hufbauer, an expert on sanctions policy and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told Foreign Policy: “It is quite unrealistic to expect that economic sanctions against a great power—and that would be Russia today—will substantially deter a policy course that the leadership has set upon. There is no experience that validates that expectation.”Och det är meningslöst för Ryssland att gå väst till mötes. Därmed är Ukrainas öde förseglat:
/.../Even if they don’t lead to the intended outcome, don’t expect Russia sanctions to come off any time soon. Just ask Cuba, or Iran, as powerful constituencies within U.S. politics continue to keep pressure on, even if changes aren’t in sight. “I think these are going to be in place for a long time,” Hufbauer said. “As long as Putin is in place, I think it’ll be very difficult to lift the sanctions.”https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/16/russia-sanctions-ukraine-north-korea/
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