Isolating Russia isn’t working. The west needs a new approach | Mary Dejevsky

When even cautious German politicians are questioning Nato’s ‘war-mongering’ actions, it’s clear that a new tack is requiredNothing will hit Russia like the ban on its athletes taking part in the Rio Olympics – not the US and EU sanctions over Ukraine, not losing the Eurovision song contest, not even their dismissal from the G8. A chorus of voices from outside Russia will respond to this: a jolly good thing, too. If it takes a sports ban to bring home to Russians th