CEVAP:

The value of economic methods as foreign policy instrument arises from the fact that economically all states are, in varying degrees, dependent one another. There is no country in the world that has achieved 100 per cent self-sufficiency in various sectors of economy, including food and manufacturing. The states have to buy those products that they cannot produce at home adequately or economically from other states. These needs produce dependencies for states in international relations; and dependencies, in return, create vulnerabilities that other states might exploit for their political benefits.