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Sanctions are useless, always hit the wrong people and are only a means for the strong countries to subjugate the small ones. This is one view of sanctions on the left. The other sees sanctions as a pacifist alternative to military attacks, as a way to avoid war. We explore this controversy in our new episode and debunk some of the myths surrounding sanctions. In the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's peace podcast "dis:arm" with Linda Peikert and Jan van Aken, Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider comments on the effectiveness of sanctions. You can listen to the podcast in German here.