RUSI NewsbriefVOLUME 41ISSUE 2members only

The Structural Bias for Sanctions


Vladimir Putin, Courtesy of Nikolay Vinokurov / Alamy Stock Photo


Sanctions have become a preferred arm of statecraft, especially in Washington. Reasons for this include the West’s confusion in confronting new forms of Russian aggression and the fact that economic sanctions shift the implementation cost from the public to the private sector.

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