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US National Security Strategy 2025 and Implications for Export Controls and Sanctions
In this episode, we analyze the 2025 National Security Strategy’s aggressive pivot toward "commercial diplomacy" and the weaponization of the American economy. We unpack the document's explicit demand that allies "align their export controls with ours" as a prerequisite for favorable defense and technology cooperation. We also explore how the strategy reframes traditional sanctions into a broader system of "economic leverage" and "strategic tariffs," designed to force burden-sharing and "surgically extinguish" regional conflicts. Finally, we discuss the…
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