, Columnist
The U.S. Can’t Bring Russia ‘to Its Knees’
At least not without setting off a global energy and financial crisis.
Time to consider the extreme consequences of sanctions.
Photographer: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images
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The U.S.’s sanctions policy against Russia is evolving from trying to nudge the Kremlin in a desired direction to inflicting maximum pain. This is a slippery slope, and it’s time to consider the most extreme consequences for Russia, as well as the U.S. and its allies.
During a Senate Banking Committee hearing this week, a telling exchange took place between Republican Senator John Kennedy and the Trump administration’s senior sanctions officials.