What is the impact of targeted sanctions?

Daniel Drezner, Professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, explains.

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Sanctions have been at the centre of some the most significant geopolitical developments of the last two years. But when can we expect sanctions to be effective – and does the use of economic sanctions against a large economy like Russia's risk fragmenting the global financial system? Daniel Drezner, Professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, explains.