Can Commerce Tame Russia? What the Crisis Tells Us about the Nature of Warfare in the Modern Era
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2022), pp. 170–182
Pub. online: 5 February 2024
Type: Essay
Open Access
Open Access
Published
5 February 2024
5 February 2024
Abstract
Russia has been using trade to balance its domestic and foreign policy interests in a world where the prospects of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) have limited the prospects for direct military confrontation between great powers. This article looks at the role of trade, or more broadly commerce, as it is being used strategically to constrain Russia. It suggests that Russia has turned trade into a domain of warfare, and to this end, the question of whether or not it can constrain Russia is the wrong one.
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