Russia Archives - News and Media /news/tag/russia/ Augsburg University Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:02:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Andy Aoki answers WCCO ‘Good Question’ /news/2014/07/23/andy-aoki-answers-wcco-good-question/ Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:02:37 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=4286 Political Science Professor Andy Aoki spoke to WCCO’s John Lauritsen about whether economic sanctions are a strategy that governments can use to change behavior by others. Aoki told the “Good Question” reporter that actions by the United States to freeze assets of some Russian defense companies and to block financing of that country’s banks and ...

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]]> WCCOPolitical Science Professor Andy Aoki spoke to WCCO’s John Lauritsen about whether economic sanctions are a strategy that governments can use to change behavior by others. Aoki told the “Good Question” reporter that actions by the United States to freeze assets of some Russian defense companies and to block financing of that country’s banks and energy companies could create enough pain over the long run that Russia will change its behavior. Watch the interview to hear more of Aoki’s perspective on sanctions against Russia and other countries.

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