Will The West Ever Be Trusted Again?

The consequence of hybrid war and realpolitik: "Your money held by Western institutions doesn’t actually belong to you"

A very common refrain in the war in Ukraine was the moral obligation of the West to sanction Russia. Very little attention has been paid to the actual consequences of the sanctions imposed.

In this article, I will look at the sanctions first. And explain how they utterly destroyed the reputation of the West as a safe jurisdiction, where the rule of law …