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.

但过去的二十年里，通过对越来越多的国家实，并现高了其潜的严厉程度，西方可能会推动更多国家脱离西方主导的金融体系，这超出了我们的预期。