西方的失误是担心威慑会被视为挑衅。
By failing to show resolve, it has heightened rather than defused tensions.
由于没能表现出决心,它激化、而非缓和了紧张关系。
The forward deployment of Nato forces in eastern Europe has gone some way to provide public reassurance.
北约部队在东欧的前沿部署,在某种程度上使公众安心。
But Washington should be sending unequivocal messages about lines — in Syria and Europe — that cannot be crossed without consequences.
但是华盛顿方面应该发出明确的信息,明确其在叙利亚和欧洲的底线——俄罗斯一旦跨过这条线就要承担后果。
The second ingredient is consistency.
第二点是一致性。
Mr Putin is adept at exploiting division and hesitation.
普京擅长利用分歧和犹豫。
European states, in particular, need to show that they can put differences to one side in treating with Moscow.
欧洲各国尤其需要表现出他们在对待莫斯科方面可以放下分歧。
Instead of rolling over economic sanctions every few months — each occasion providing an opportunity for Russia to sow dissent — the EU should change the dynamic by declaring them open-ended.
与目前每隔几个月便重启一轮经济制裁——每一次都给俄罗斯提供挑拨离间的机会——的做法相反,欧盟应该宣布无限期制裁来改变这一现状。
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