🧩 Philosophy Aug 29, 2026 · Jakub Halmeš

Book Notes: Chokepoints

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[Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare by Edward Fishman (2025).]There are different ways state A can make state B do something that the state B doesn’t really want to do. In the extreme, state A can attack state B. But wars are messy: people die, they can get expensive, and they aren’t really good PR, so the states usually shy away from them nowadays. More commonly, they resort to economic warfare: stuff like sanctions, blockades, or tariffs.However, history shows that wiel

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