Sanctions seem to have worked quite well against North Korea and Iran, although not for the initial purpose. North Korea can't afford anything new for its mili

Sanctions seem to have worked quite well against North Korea and Iran, although not for the initial purpose. North Korea can't afford anything new for its military. Sure they have a sizable army of weapons your grandfather fought against, but they also operate bitcoin scams to fund their country, despite sitting on tremendous mineral wealth. Iran has to make ever more economic sacrifices to fund its nuclear program and again also struggles with procuring weapons due to the cost. We didn't get the regime change desired, but the enemy was substantially defanged as a result and they fall further behind as time goes on. I would argue sanctions against Russia succeed if the next time they invade somewhere, they send their troops with rusting weapons and no body armor and cannot really afford to replace their equipment losses in Ukraine.