“Sanctions” as they are now called and employed come in many forms, with the broad categories being financial, economic, diplomatic, and military. Within each of these categories there are many versions and applications. I’m not going to delve into the various versions and targets because that would be too much of a digression. The main things to know are: The United States’ greatest power comes from having the world’s leading reserve currency, which gives the US enormous buying power because it gives it the ability a) to print the world’s money and have it widely accepted abroad and b) to
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