"prevent cooperation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that something is stopping two or more people or groups from working together. For example: "The language barrier was preventing cooperation between the two teams."
"But we have to ensure these divisions do not prevent cooperation".
These differences do not prevent cooperation in certain areas, but they ensure a relationship that is defined principally by its limitations.
Of course, leaving the EU does not prevent cooperation with the rest of the world – but it would make it harder to influence what the EU would look like and do.
The bill did not go far enough to satisfy Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, who wanted to require, and not merely permit, the Treasury to forbid dealing with banks in countries where secrecy laws prevent cooperation with the F.B.I. or other United States investigative agencies.
Both the U.S. Justice Department and the State Department opposed the bill, arguing that it would hamper U.S. diplomatic efforts and prevent cooperation between U.S. and foreign law enforcement.
But Sun Tzu also encourages leaders and military commanders to undermine the alliance of others: "Those who were called skillful leaders of old knew how to drive a wedge between the enemy's front and rear; to prevent cooperation between his large and small divisions; to hinder the good troops from rescuing the bad, the officers from rallying their men" [Chapter 11 15].
And as Iraqi politicians and police officers become targets for terrorists bent on preventing cooperation with the Americans, Iraqi engineers and workers could become discouraged from making themselves vulnerable.
(In 2004, four people were gunned down in a vacant lot here to prevent their cooperation in a homicide case; a subsequent killing snuffed out a witness to that massacre as well).
"Alongside terrorism, cybersecurity is perhaps the No. 1 threat facing our nation today, but many obstacles exist that prevent the cooperation and coordination needed to deter this growing threat," she said in a statement.
Hamas has been tightening security along Gaza's border with Egypt in an effort to prevent logistical cooperation between the groups on both sides, carrying out more identity checks of people in the area, according to Palestinians who work in the smuggling tunnels that run beneath the border.
However, such methods prevent the cooperation between different nanodevices, thus, degrade the performance.
