Do sanctions really work?
Ukraine Under Attack • 2m 49s
The Western world has imposed a wide range of sanctions in order to try to deter and punish Russia in the wake of its military operation in Ukraine.
Sanctions are widely used by governments - a non-military strategy to try to affect the behavior of other nations. But they have a patchy success rate. Take the case of Venezuela, whose government has been heavily sanctioned by the US and European Union in recent years.
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