'Forcing Change' Doesn't Work

States that are economically and politically isolated predictably become insular, closed, and more repressive than before.

Ivo Daalder lays out an anti-Russian “containment” strategy aimed at isolating Russia for the foreseeable future:

Although military strength is a core requirement of deterrence, it is not enough. Indeed, the forward deployment of military forces will initially reinforce the divisions in Europe—and would leave the peoples of Ukraine, the Caucuses [sic], a…