Can Western sanctions really change Russia’s behaviour? | The Bottom Line

In response to the war in Ukraine, the United States and Europe launched a barrage of sanctions barring Russia from accessing its hundreds of billions of dollars of reserves worldwide. But sanctions have been imposed on other countries for decades – North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, among others – without much change in course for those governments. Host Steve Clemons speaks with Lee Jones, a professor of international relations at the University of London; and David Asher, an adviser to the US government on economic warfare strategies, whose work has ranged from Hezbollah in Lebanon to mobster John Gotti in New York.
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