Is There a Need for a Stronger, More Robust Deterrent?

Deterrence lacked credibility in putten's mind because he had seen the consequences when he invaded georgia, almost nothing happened. And it didn't change putton's cost benefit analysis. So i would have imposed cost on russia in real time, until they withdrew from the donbas and, frankly, from crimea. I would have cut nord stream off earlier. People say, but that would just provoke him to invade. Well, guess what? He invaded. It was the earlier invasion of ukraine that needed to be rolled back, as well as preventing another one.