The United States is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and individuals as it tries to crack down on evasion and deny Russia access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel Moscow's war in Ukraine.
    • zephyreks@programming.dev
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      10 months ago

      The US has shown that they’re willing to weaponize their position in the West to block development of technology by key rivals like Russia, China, and India. The dependence that these powers had on Western technology is a key motivator against war… But today? If the US can unilaterally restrict access anyway, what’s the motivation?

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Wars are very costly, and wars between nuclear superpowers would be world ending. US and USSR had no trade to speak of and didn’t go to war for these reasons.