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What’s the alternative, Sanctions? What about China, should they be sanctioned too? [Many make the claim that sanctions mostly affect civilians so for example
by mc32 5y ago
What’s the alternative, Sanctions?
What about China, should they be sanctioned too?
[Many make the claim that sanctions mostly affect civilians so for example are against Iran Sanctions, etc.]
- pjc50 5y agoWell, yes. Hence the Magnitsky Act. Although really the question of banking money from unacceptable foreigners is an old one, unresolved throughout the 20th century. It's too convenient for the West to really give up on, so a short list is maintained of the "definitely unacceptable", but there's no systematic criteria for what "unacceptable" really is. It's quite clear from the lack of UK response to the Salisbury poisonings that the UK is financially compromised into indifference, for example.
- nradov 5y agoYes some sanctions would be a good idea. We hoped that opening up trade with Russia and China would help them transform into free-market democracies. But that approach has failed so it's time to return to the Cold War policy of containment. Work with our asked to keep our adversaries as weak and isolated as possible. Besides sanctions, we should also seek to undermine and delegitimize those governments by supporting dissident movements and other covert actions.
- everybodyknows 5y agoBetter than sanctions: Enforcement of existing anti-money laundering laws. https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/new-icij-investigation-exposes-rogue-offshore-industry/ https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/new-icij-i... https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-international-anti-money-laundering-norms-are-frustrating-iran-sanctions-relief https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-international-anti-money-lau... Enforcement of course is a perpetual cat-and-mouse game in which the cats are underfunded and the mice have money to burn.