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Financial Crime Matters: Author Discusses Rise, Limitations of US Sanctions
November 24, 2025
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Eddie Fishman, author of "Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War," details the expansion of financial sanctions into a primary foreign policy tool for the US government in recent decades. He also discusses the most effective applications and the limitations of sanctions currently deployed against Russia.
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Find Kieran on Twitter @kieranbeer and on LinkedIn.
- Topics: Sanctions and Non-proliferation Finance
- Source: Nonprofits/Private Organizations
- Document Date: November 24, 2025
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