The power and peril of American economic warfare

Successive US presidents have wielded sanctions (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/china-wields-weak-hand-trumps-trade-war-ii-2024-11-07/) and export controls against rival nations. Donald Trump promises (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/trump-re-election-entrenches-global-instability-2024-11-06/) further escalation. In this episode of the Big View podcast, political scientist Henry Farrell explains how weaponizing finance (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/putins-economic-resilience-rests-war-addiction-2024-10-15/) and technology can be self-defeating.