The Economic War with Russia that the West, Especially Europe, Cannot Win
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The economic war that the West has unleashed upon Russia, through such things as sanctions, the theft of Russian Central Bank assets, and the disconnection of a number of Russian banks from the US$-based payments system SWIFT, is the centre piece of the Western actions designed to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. They will fail to dissuade Russia from what it considers are actions required to remove an existential threat to the nation – a hostile Ukraine allied with NATO only 500km from Moscow. The failure of such sanctions to change the policies and/or political regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and others seems not to have provided any learnings for Western policy makers. Russia is in a much stronger position than those other nations to withstand such sanctions.
The Economic War with Russia that the West, Especially Europe, Cannot Win
The Economic War with Russia that the West…
The Economic War with Russia that the West, Especially Europe, Cannot Win
The economic war that the West has unleashed upon Russia, through such things as sanctions, the theft of Russian Central Bank assets, and the disconnection of a number of Russian banks from the US$-based payments system SWIFT, is the centre piece of the Western actions designed to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. They will fail to dissuade Russia from what it considers are actions required to remove an existential threat to the nation – a hostile Ukraine allied with NATO only 500km from Moscow. The failure of such sanctions to change the policies and/or political regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and others seems not to have provided any learnings for Western policy makers. Russia is in a much stronger position than those other nations to withstand such sanctions.