Sanctions against Russia: Putin ally Medvedev threatens revenge on the West. Economic coercive measures would fail if they “do not meet with widespread approval,” says Cato Institute's Justin Logan.
It is not clear whether U.S. sanctions will halt Russia's progress in the Ukraine war war, says Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C. The sanctions are likely to achieve the goal of restricting Russian exports and increasing revenues from energy products, Logan says.