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From Belarus to Iran? Sanctions can work

By Free Media Online · August 25, 2010 · Comments Off
Belarus, NED · Tagged: Belarus, communist, david-kramer, Iran, regions, south, south-africa

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Belarus is vastly different from Iran, but the lessons from the sanctions imposed against Europe’s last dictatorship are worth heeding, David Kramer argues. Even optimistic estimates claim only a 34 percent success rate for what can appear to be a pretty blunt weapon against unsavory regimes.

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From Belarus to Iran? Sanctions can work

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