Sanctions imposed under nonbelligerent conditions must normally be judged on the basis of moral or political considerations.

在非交战条件下实施的制裁必须基于道义或政治考虑。

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In doing so, the nations they govern naturally assume a nonbelligerent posture toward their neighbors, particularly when those neighbors are also democratic states pursuing the same objectives.

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