I'm a little shaky on the article, but some good points
The world needs a 'third way' to confront Russia
"Let's engage Russia if we can, but contain it if we must." These two alternatives already defined Western strategy toward Russia in the mid-1990s. Since then, Russia may have changed dramatically, but not our questions about it. What do you do when your big neighbor widens the gap that exists between its culture, which is European, and its political system, which is becoming increasingly "Asian," at least in the bad old sense of "Oriental despotism"?"
"Let's engage Russia if we can, but contain it if we must." These two alternatives already defined Western strategy toward Russia in the mid-1990s. Since then, Russia may have changed dramatically, but not our questions about it. What do you do when your big neighbor widens the gap that exists between its culture, which is European, and its political system, which is becoming increasingly "Asian," at least in the bad old sense of "Oriental despotism"?"