U.S. officials have acknowledged that economic sanctions haven’t compelled Russi...

U.S. officials have acknowledged that economic sanctions haven’t compelled Russian President Vladimir Putin to change his calculus, and they voiced concerns about both an uptick in violence in Ukraine and the use of heavy weaponry that was restricted by the cease-fire deal.

Inside the White House, meanwhile, the National Security Council is at work on an overhaul of its Russia strategy that formally casts aside the policy of “reset” that dominated Mr. Obama’s first term. http://ift.tt/1BQSFU7


U.S. Considers Harder Line on Russia
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Obama administration officials are discussing new deterrence strategies to rein in Russian meddling in Europe, in what some say would amount to an updated version of Cold War-era containment.