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Nicholas Mulder

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Empires of Flow Control

The modern idea of the freedom of the seas is collapsing in the Strait of Hormuz.

by Nicholas Mulder via New York Review of Books
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on May 14, 2026
The Economic Weapon

The fate of the League of Nations provides a stark warning about using sanctions as a tool of modern warfare.

by Nicholas Mulder via New Statesman
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on March 3, 2022
How America Learned to Love (Ineffective) Sanctions

Over the past century, the United States came to rely ever more on economic coercion—with questionable results.

by Nicholas Mulder via Foreign Policy
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on January 30, 2022
The Coronavirus War Economy Will Change the World

When societies shift their economies to a war footing, it doesn’t just help them survive a crisis—it alters them forever.

by Nicholas Mulder via Foreign Policy
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on March 26, 2020

The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War

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Illustration of U.S. bomber droping brick to form a wall (representing sanctions).

The Folly of Sanctions

Sanctions were conceived as an alternative to war. But they may have made the world more violent.

by Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein via The New Republic on December 13, 2022

The first informal meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva, 1920.

Do Sanctions Work?

A new history examines their use in the past and considers their effectiveness for the future.

by James Stafford via The Nation on October 6, 2022

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

The Modern History of Economic Sanctions

A review of “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War."

by Henry Farrell via Lawfare on March 1, 2022

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