Why the best way to stop strongmen like Putin is to prevent their rise in the first place

There are few ways for the West to deter the rise of another dictator like Russian President Vladimir Putin.Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Joseph Wright, Penn State and Abel Escribà-Folch, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents foreign policymakers with few good options to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin, or to deter these types of aggressions in the future. The U.S. government, for example, continues to push for additional sanctions on Russia in response to news of Russian military atrocities, even though prior sanctions did not deter those abu…

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