But many of the international sanctions, whatever their role in the past, now seem counterproductive. Financial sanctions, for instance, discourage the development of a modern and transparent financial system, integrated with the rest of the world.
但是，大量国际制裁——不管在过去起到了什么作用——现在看起来已是适得其反。比如，金融制裁抑制了透明的现代金融体系的发展，阻止了缅甸融入世界的步伐。由此产生的基于现金的经济不啻于催生腐败的温床。