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  <title>The Laws of Game Theory — Analysis</title>
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      <title>Why sanctions almost never do what they are announced to do</title>
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      <description>They are announced as pressure on a government and they function as pressure on a population. Those are different games, and only one of them is being played.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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