Sanctions Are Forever Wars

Will the U.S. and Israel attack Iran again? How will Tehran respond?Negar Mortazavi joined Aljazeera to discuss what comes next in the war as U.S. and Israeli elections draw closer. 

Negar Mortazavi and Alan Eyre on Al Jazeera 

American sanctions can destroy a country’s economy. The unintended consequences are massive in places like Venezuela and Syria. Jeff Stein of the Washington Post explains why the US is so committed to a mistake. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sad ...  Show more

To punish foreign governments without using weaponry, the U.S. often turns to sanctions. Learn more, plus a bit about sanctions against Russia, is this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/sanctions.htm Learn more about your ad-choices at ...  Show more

You've heard of sanctions before -- the term pops up pretty often in international news. Country A does something Country B finds objectionable, but neither country wants to be embroiled in a full-scale hot war, so they have to find some other way to change their opponent's be ...