economic warfare
Embargoes as strategy
Economic warfare is the use of economic means to damage or weaken an adversary—sanctions, embargoes, blockades, tariffs, or asset freezes.
Unlike military warfare, the weapons are trade restrictions and financial pressure: The allies engaged in economic warfare to cripple the regime's ability to fund its military.
The term also applies to aggressive commercial competition between nations: Some analysts describe the tariff dispute as economic warfare.
Taxes on imports
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- blockadeSealing off a place
- cyberattackMalicious digital intrusion
espionage · sabotage · currency manipulation · supply chain disruption · export controls · import restrictions · asset seizure · divestment
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- blockadeSealing off a place
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- pressureForce upon contact
arm-twisting · ultimatum · retaliation · reprisal · deterrence · blackmail · strong-arming · intimidation
Taxes on imports
- protectionismShielding local producers
- import quotasLimits on foreign purchases
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
- anti-dumpingCountering below-cost imports
subsidies · trade barriers · customs duties · trade disputes · export controls · mercantilism · trade imbalance · tit-for-tat
Art of government
- geoeconomicsEconomics through geographic lens
- spheres of influenceAreas of dominant authority
- energy securityAssured access to fuel
- strategic reservesAssets saved for emergencies
petrodollar · reshoring · nearshoring · autarky · self-sufficiency
Institutions managing money flow
- banking sectorInstitutions handling money professionally
- energy exportsFuel sold internationally
- critical infrastructureEssential services and facilities
- supply chainsNetworks moving goods to market
currency · sovereign debt · technology sector · agriculture · pharmaceuticals · rare earths · semiconductors · oil and gas
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- blockadeSealing off a place
cyberattack · espionage · sabotage · currency manipulation · supply chain disruption · export controls · import restrictions · asset seizure · divestment · capital flight
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- blockadeSealing off a place
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
pressure · arm-twisting · ultimatum · retaliation · reprisal · deterrence · blackmail · strong-arming · intimidation · compulsion
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- protectionismShielding local producers
- import quotasLimits on foreign purchases
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
anti-dumping · subsidies · trade barriers · customs duties · trade disputes · export controls · mercantilism · trade imbalance · tit-for-tat · reciprocity
statecraft
Art of government
- geoeconomicsEconomics through geographic lens
- spheres of influenceAreas of dominant authority
- energy securityAssured access to fuel
strategic reserves · petrodollar · reshoring · nearshoring · autarky · self-sufficiency
financial system
Institutions managing money flow
- banking sectorInstitutions handling money professionally
- energy exportsFuel sold internationally
- critical infrastructureEssential services and facilities
supply chains · currency · sovereign debt · technology sector · agriculture · pharmaceuticals · rare earths · semiconductors · oil and gas · shipping lanes
- wartimerationing, war bonds, war effort, evacuations, war rationing
- Cold War economicsMarshall Plan, containment policy, trade embargo, arms race, military spending
- geoeconomicstrade wars, currency wars, sanctions, trade barriers, protectionism
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
economic warfarearmed conflict
Military combat between groups
diplomatic engagement · conventional warfare · shooting war · hot war · military intervention
economic warfareeconomic cooperation
Joint financial activity between parties
trade partnership · economic alliance · free trade agreement · economic integration · free trade
economy, warfare, economic, economics, economies, economically, uneconomic, home economics, macroeconomics