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Energy Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool: How Successful—and for How Long?
Energy sanctions have become one of Washington’s most consequential instruments of statecraft—shaping negotiations with Russia, Venezuela, and Iran without deploying force. Powered by record U.S. oil and natural gas production, this strategy has delivered measurable results. But new pressures—from shale depletion to rising global energy competition—raise critical questions about how durable that leverage will be.
Read the full issue brief to examine the data, the geopolitical stakes, and what America’s energy trajectory means for the future of sanctions power.