Report: America’s Economic Sanctions Kill Hundreds of Thousands Annually

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Libertarian Institute

Economic sanctions have become the defining coercive instrument of American foreign policy. Currently, roughly 27 of the world’s countries are under sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, or the United Nations—up from just 4 in the early 1960s. A landmark 2025 study published in The Lancet Global Health by economists Francisco Rodríguez, []