1.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.

但在去的二十年，对越来越多的国家实施制裁，并现在还提高了其潜在的严厉程，西可能会推动更多国家脱离西主导的金融体系，这超出了我们的预期。