In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and United States have implemented sanctions against Russia. 

But the nuts and bolts of the sanctions matter, and in this video HKS Professor Ricardo Hausmann discusses how the EU and US can make sanctions more punitive for Russia and less onerous for the coalition. Read more about Professor Hausmann's research on sanctions.

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