Author: Rachel L. Loeffler, International Affairs Fellow, 2007-2008
March/April 2009
Foreign Affairs
Financial sanctions have become a key tool of U.S. foreign policy. Measures taken against Iran and North Korea make clear that this new financial statecraft can be effective, but true success will require persuading global banks to accept a shared sense of risk.
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