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What Are the Effect of Sanctions?

500,000 children in Iraq dead, for one thing

Published on YouTube Apr 27, 2015

Are economic sanctions against a country a substitute for war? The record is mixed – civilian populations almost always suffer, while elites remain in power and unscathed. Western sanctions do create economic outcomes, but not political ones.

CrossTalking with Daniel Wagner, Ernst Wolff, and Liam Halligan.