The united states has not necessarily gotten what it wanted from those countries yet. In most cases, i think it's clear that if the goal of those sanctions was behavior al changed, only a very small amount of them have worked. I am ordering that we discontinue purchasing of any oil from iraan for delivery to this country. Our position must be clear.
The US hoped sanctions would end Russia’s war in Ukraine quickly. We revisit our conversation with historian Nicholas Mulder who explains the surprising history of economic penalties as a weapon of war.
This episode was produced by Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Noel King.
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