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Is there evidence sanctions strengthen a regime? With Russia at war right now, sanctions do indeed seem to be helping Ukraine with Russia having a budget crisis

• oa335 6mo ago
  “ sanctions strengthen authoritarian rule if the regime manages to incorporate their existence into its legitimation strategy.” https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-political-research/article/abs/claims-to-legitimacy-count-why-sanctions-fail-to-instigate-democratisation-in-authoritarian-regimes/D343D30F3439A36F1BEC73329C491B7F https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-...
• Saline9515 6mo ago
  Sanction strengthen the political grip of a regime on society, which can use them as a justification for its repression. They also hollow-out the middle class, which prevents a democratic societal change, which requires it. In the case of a war, it is of course useful, but it won't solve the long-term issue of the nature of the Russian regime, which has gotten only more entrenched since 2014.