US and Allied Response to Russian Aggression in Ukraine: ‘Severe’ Versus ‘Calibrated’

patrick.goodenough | January 23, 2022
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As the Biden administration continues to lay out its stance on potential Russian aggression towards Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday used two distinct adjectives – “severe” and “calibrated” – apparently differentiating between the types of Western response likely in the case of various forms of belligerence.