In “The Dawn of Financial Warfare” (Financial Times, 8 April 2022), Juan Zarate explains how the economic sanctions the U.S. is deploying against Russia are part of a long-term campaign. He notes: “Everything aimed against Russia was part of a pre-existing armory, whether Swift exclusions or central bank reserves being frozen. Only the size of the opponent and the aggressiveness [is] novel.”
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