But by applying sanctions to ever more countries over the past two decades, and now also raising their potential severity, the West risks pushing more countries to delink from the Western-led financial system than is desirable.

但在过去二十年里，通过对多国家实施制裁，并现在还提高了其潜在程度，西方可能会推动更多国家脱离西方主导金融体系，这超出了我们预期。