The West needs to learn how to talk with Russia without losing face or credibility, even when values are diametrically opposed. EU leaders should also keep in mind the need for long-term thinking and stop resorting to sanctions as a panacea, as these have proved to have limited effect, write Alexandra Martin and Zachary Paikin.
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Zachary Paikin is a researcher for EU foreign policy at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels (CEPS). Alexandra Martin is the head of the GLOBSEC Brussels office. They are both members of the Cooperative Security Initiative, a project jointly launched by GLOBSEC and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (Vienna).