The sanctions include shutting down the russia germany nord stream two pipe line. They also freeze bank assets under juriu s jurisdiction of russian oligarchs who have over 80 billion dollars in investments. These are long term effects, as byden emphasized. But what's the alternative? Us? Troops on the ground, and you crane for years or decades, armed conflict that could escalate into a nuclear exchange,. something pooden has poton is not off the table.
An analysis of Russia's war on Ukraine. Will sanctions work?
This episode is a reading from Michael Shermer’s post on Substack entitled: “Putin’s Problem: The outlawry of war has forced tyrants to concoct excuses for invading other countries. How should we respond? Evidence shows that outcasting in the form of economic sanctions beats armed conflict”
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