Time to Rethink Deterring Russia?

The United States has taken a number of steps in recent weeks to push back on Russian aggression, but they won’t deter Russia’s aggressive campaign to expand influence at home and abroad unless they take direct aim at the power and pocketbook of Russian President Vladimir Putin – and the cronies who help keep him in power.

The U.S. has tried to use elements of national and international power to push back on Russia in the past several weeks. On Monday, it joined NATO allies in retaliating over Russia’s alleged attempted assassination of Russian former intelligence officer Sergey Skripal in Salisbury, England, by expelling 60 Russian diplomats and closing the Russian consulate in Seattle on Monday.

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