Engaging a belligerent Russia through deterrence

Foreign policy by most Western countries as it relates to Russia has lacked responsible conviction.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured last year at the UN in New York. Paul Grod argues that Mr. Putin’s Russia is not a partner for Canada and the West, but a foe.UN photograph by Mark Garten

Opinion

BY PAUL GROD

October 26, 2016

Russia’s war against Ukraine is entering its third year. Every day, Russian and proxy forces in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine, shell Ukrainian military positions and civilian areas in towns along the front. Every day, Ukrainian soldiers fight and die to defend their country. Today t...

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