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On 10 June at 1500 CEST, Chatham House will continue a multi-part webinar series on their handbook on "Myths & Fallacies in the Policy Debate on Russia: Why misperceptions occur, how they affect policy, and what can be done."
This event will cover one of the key myths identified and addressed in the handbook: "Sanctions have no Effect (or the Opposite Effect to that which was Intended)," Nigel Gould-Davies
Abstract: Many baseline assumptions guiding Western policy toward Russia are commonly accepted, but entirely mistaken. The roots of repetitive failures in engagement with Russia lie in readily identifiable false premises that have become ingrained in policy and analytical communities outside Russia. Overcoming these fixed beliefs is a precondition for any meaningful discussion on Russia, but doing so is a repetitive task because of their ubiquity. The result is a substantial proportion of analytical bandwidth being expended on repeatedly demolishing the same misconceptions before addressing more substantive issues. Chatham House's "Myths and Misconceptions" project provides a learning aid for policy-makers, designed to help overcome misapprehensions regarding Russia, its aims, and the means by which it can be engaged with or deterred.
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