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What are some good examples of when sanctions "worked"? Apartheid-era South Africa? Maybe in delaying Iran developing nuclear weapons? Are any of the followi
by floxy 4y ago
What are some good examples of when sanctions "worked"? Apartheid-era South Africa? Maybe in delaying Iran developing nuclear weapons? Are any of the following considered success stories for sanctions?
- Saddam era Iraq
- North Korea
- Cuba
- Venezuela
Apparently the U.S. has quite a list of sanctions:
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/sanctions-programs-and-country-information https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/...
- Longlius 4y agoIf benchmark the success of sanctions as being able to direct countries towards more liberal-democratic policies, then they're a failure. If you benchmark the success of sanctions by the ability of the US to completely torpedo a geopolitical enemy's economy, then I'd say all four of those are resounding success stories.
- csomar 4y agoAll of these are completely non-functioning, bankrupt and incapable countries. The sanctions DO work, despite these countries being rich in resources (except NK).