I may be missing some context not being there but I'm not sure who's supposed to be impressed by the British government's response. They had *one job* which was to apply sanctions to R… (View Post)

It's really hard to think of examples where sanctions have produced a change in behaviour. Countries under sanctions generally just seem to become more insular; That's what happened in Nort… (View Post)

It's the long haul probably, Putin's not just going to retire peacefully. Making up with Venezuela is the right move. The US simply doesn't have infinite leverage, and they want a func… (View Post)

They mention losing support for Cisco kit. That partly results in stuff just stopping, but in a lot of cases what'll happen with software is that stuff will fail to get security updates and end … (View Post)

Looking on the bright side, if that's their story you'd think they could come up with a deal whereby Ukraine agrees to prohibit nazis and people making chemical weapons under international … (View Post)