The most interesting aspect of the article is that it basically admits that the west has no idea what to do now. The whole talk of isolating Russia is just pure copium given that they've already tried doing that for the past two years. The opposite is happening with the west finding itself increasingly isolated globally. They can't bring themselves to treat Russia as an equal and recognize that Russia has legitimate interests. So, their only solution has been to just keep escalating, and now they've reached a point where it's either negotiations or WW3.