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Can Sanctions Change Authoritarian Behavior?
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June 30, 2025
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2:19Now Playing"[Dictatorships] care about cash flow. Not GDP."
Leopoldo López says economic sanctions can hurt autocracies and argues to "cut the cash flow," but Christopher Sabatini pushes back:
“An autocratic regime is never going to reach a point where it says... 'We can’t afford the prisons anymore. We can’t afford the bullets anymore. We’re just going to give up and pack up and leave.’ That doesn’t happen.”
Both agree: sanctions aren’t a silver bullet. But are they part of a broader solution or a distraction from it?
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