CLASSIC: Imperialism and Iran
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Role of Economic Sanctions in the Middle East
When we say sanctions, that can mean a couple different things. What does it mean in this particular situation? Is it like a trade, like a blocking barring of trade? Great question. So sanctions are in general penalties for breaking a law or an agreement just in general. You can give someone a sanction yourself. Should you somehow convince them you have the authority to do it? In the geopolitical sense, however, sanctions are part of what we would call sticks and carrots of diplomacy.
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