International linkages – or, rather, sanctions that blocked the benefits of such linkages – were vital to Libya’s decision to denuclearize and Iran’s willingness to reach an agreement with world powers regarding its nuclear program. Sanctions have been less effective in North Korea, largely because the population did not know what it was missing.
国际联系——或者不如说阻止获得国际联系所带来的好处的制裁——在利比亚决定放弃核武器以及伊朗愿意与西方列强达成核计划协议方面起到了关键作用。制裁对朝鲜一直收效甚微，很大程度上是因为朝鲜人不知道朝鲜正在失去什么。