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Global Sanctions Architecture: How Coalitions Are Shaping-and Undermining-Modern Economic Statecraft
Jeffrey Bardzell 12 December 2025 0 Comments

Global Sanctions Architecture: How Coalitions Are Shaping-and Undermining-Modern Economic Statecraft

Global sanctions have become fragmented, overused, and increasingly ineffective. With the U.S., EU, and UK acting separately and China and Russia building alternatives, sanctions now harm ordinary people more than targets-and risk losing all strategic power.