Stronger Sanctions on Russia: Essential, but not a Strategy

Summary:

Despite the desperate diplomatic efforts of Western leaders, in particular France’s President Emmanuel Macron, on February 24th Russian President Vladimir Putin launched large-scale military action against targets throughout Ukraine. The only question then was how far he could go. The West needed to be clear about the stakes. Putin’s territorial ambitions might be confined to Ukraine (though they might not), but his political ambitions went much further: to make Russia the dominant power on the European continent. He could not be allowed to succeed.

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ESO Records

CER Policy Brief: March 2022: Russia-Ukraine: The West Needs a Sanctions Strategy https://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-ukraine-the-west-needs-a-sanctions-strategy/

CEPS Policy Insights: 2022-10: Sanction-proof or sanction-hit. How can the EU make Putin’s evil war even more costly https://www.europeansources.info/record/sanction-proof-or-sanction-hit-how-can-the-eu-make-putins-evil-war-even-more-costly/

Cardiff EDC: Russian military invasion of Ukraine (2022) https://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-invades-ukraine-february-2022/

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