Is the United States Getting What It Wanted From Those Countries?

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iroc, libya, north korea, venezuela, bellarus, yuguslavia, ethiopia, n artrea. It's also put sanction sinte on russia. There's certain technological restrictions against china, me on mars, syria recently. So yetit's a pretty, pretty long list. And it seems worth pointing out that the vast majority of them, the united states has not necessarily gotten what it wanted from those countries.

The US hopes the threat of sanctions will dissuade Russia from invading Ukraine. Historian Nicholas Mulder 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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