David A. Andelman: Ukraine is a crisis that Vladimir Putin has brought on himself, but the West, especially America, must be sure that the Russian leader doesn't drag the rest of the world, especially Europe, over the brink as well. - NBCNewsTHINK
in 2014 after his seizure of Crimea. What has become the G-7 is the ultimate club for nations of power. Since then, Putin has had his nose pressed frustratingly against the window. Clearly this is not the time to reward him, nor does this seem to have been mentioned in the American note to Putin. But some means to demonstrate that Russia is not fully a pariah nation, on its way to joining the ranks of North Korea and Iran, would be a good start.
It's time for the U.S. to take a step back and let the Europeans play the primary role in these initiatives. They do, after all, have a more direct and proximate stake in a full-scale war on their continent and seem to be able to apply some brakes to Putin’s ambitions. The latest Normandy gathering adjourned late Wednesday with— at the very least, that staves off an invasion through that time.
There is an expression I first learned in Russian class in 1961,"an iron fist in a velvet glove." Europe, led by the French, seems to be taking the kind of path that Biden should be taking: moderation and reflection, with just a taste of steel.
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