November 03, 2025
How Sanctions Became a Way to Wage War and When They Actually Work, with Eddie Fishman
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,“ Kieran Beer talks with Eddie Fishman, CNAS adjunct senior fellow and author of “Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War,“ about the rapid growth in the use of financial sanctions in the 21st Century, with each U.S. president from George W. Bush on imposing sanctions at twice the rate of his predecessor.
Listen to the full episode on the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists Magazine.
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