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Matthew Murray on Why Sanctions Against Russia Aren’t Enough to Achieve Sustainable Peace in Ukraine
May 21, 2026

In an article for “Just Security,” Matthew Murray argues that building a sustainable peace in Ukraine will require de-oligarchizing and dismantling Russia’s wartime economy and creating a new economic security architecture for Europe. Murray warns that sanctions alone will not achieve these objectives and urges the United States to integrate sanctions into a broader economic statecraft.

 

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