Tagged: sanctions

Economics / Russia / Ukraine

 by Jaffa Levy

Ukraine’s Endgame and the West’s Frozen Assets Trap

Ukraine’s front line is breaking, Europe is talking itself into wars it cannot fight, and Brussels is trying to turn Russian reserves into a permanent war chest. This long read ties the military endgame to the legal and financial tricks around frozen assets, drawing on earlier Telegraph Online (telegraph.com) investigations

Economics / United States

 by Jaffa Levy

De Dollarisation Explained: How US Sanctions and Asset Freezes Are Driving a New Multi-Currency World

For eighty years Washington could print claims on the rest of the world and call it money. That privilege is no longer absolute. By turning reserves and payment pipes into weapons, the United States has forced other states to think like risk managers. The result is not a sudden dollar collapse, but a slow tightening of the funding noose around Washington’s own budget