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Trump is piling sanctions on Iran. It’s a tactic with diminishing returns

By Ian Bremmer

THERE’S NO MYSTERY as to why U.S. policy-makers and politicians use sanctions. Targeted intelligently and implemented effectively, they can compel other countries to do things they wouldn’t do without war. They can push governments of smaller countries like Iran and North Korea to negotiate and separate terrorists from sources of funding. They can raise the

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