Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Leopoldo López argues that without sanctions, autocrats steal, repress, and walk free, but Christopher Sabatini sees a different danger: that sanctions are pushing regimes like China and Iran into powerful new alliances that could weaken the West.

What do you think?

In partnership with the Oslo Freedom Forum, we bring you: Are Sanctions Effective?