Edward Fishman On the Age of Economic Warfare

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Edward Fishman, a former top sanctions official in the U.S. Department of State, says that “the world economy has become a battlefield,” with sanctions, tariffs, and embargoes as the U.S.’s primary tools for engagement. But after years of U.S. sanctions against Russia and a Ukraine truce still out of reach, are they effective? In his new book “Chokepoints,” Fishman examines the history of economic warfare and when it has helped the U.S. achieve its strategic goals and when it has fallen short. He joins us. Guests: Edward Fishman, senior research scholar, the Center on Global Energy Policy; adjunct professor of international and public affairs, Columbia University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.2	Coming up on forum, we talk with Edward Fishman, a former top State Department official under Obama,
1:09.6	about President Trump's Tuesday phone call with Vladimir Putin,
1:12.6	Fishman played a key role in designing sanctions against Russia and the strategy behind the Iran nuclear deal in 2015.
1:19.6	The world has become a battlefield, Fishman writes in his new book, Choke Points,
1:23.6	with sanctions, tariffs, and embargoes, the U.S.'s primary tools of engagement.
1:28.3	But they have their limits and will talk to fishermen about whether they will remain potent weapons in service of national interests under President Trump.
1:36.3	Join us. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:50.0	After President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at length on the phone Tuesday about Ukraine,
1:56.0	the White House readout of the call described few clear concessions from the Russian leader,
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