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  "textContent": "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 […]\n\nBy Rares Cocilnau",
  "title": "Sanctions do not, and never have, worked – so why does the West still use them?"
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