Sanctions do not, and never have, worked – so why does the West still use them?

Direct military force has, for centuries, been the principal means by which States have achieved ambitious foreign policy objectives, whether seizing or defending territory, altering a state’s military behaviour, or reshaping its internal political and economic structures. Since the First World War and the rampant development and consolidation of world financial markets, a shift in […] By Rares Cocilnau