Containment is a costly and often unpopular strategy, and the Western allies鈥� periodic shortcuts for opting out are legitimated by quite reasonable suggestions for 鈥渦nderstanding鈥� Putin鈥檚 rationales. He counts on this Western timidity dressed as political realism.
Baev, Pavel K. (2016) For Moscow, Talks Are About Sowing Discord, not Solving Conflicts, Eurasia Daily Monitor (1鈥�2). 22 February.
