Deterrence First: Applying Lessons from Sanctions on Russia to China.
I would like tentatively to share the contents of the article written by Gerard DiPippo, a senior fellow with the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
The United States and its allies have imposed a series of coordinated economic sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. They are the most comprehensive sanctions aimed at a major economy—previously the 11th-largest in the world—in more than 70 years. Their use has raised questions in Western capitals and Beijing about what similar sanctions could do if aimed at the second-largest economy, China, particularly during a crisis over Taiwan. But an equally important question is whether Washington and its allies would use similar sanctions against China, including as a deterrent. Judging from Western actions and preferences during the Ukraine crisis, the answer appears to be NO.
