It's Time for a New Helsinki Conference on European Security

... will not likely be followed. Both Russia and the West have a lot to lose if the crisis in Ukraine is not resolved quickly and peacefully. However, the world has a lot to lose if the West tries to isolate Russia further and there is a breakdown of the Helsinki Act. Russia can play the spoiler to the West by helping Iran and Syria defy the United States. Further, the recent agreement between China and Russia should worry the West in that this action further reduces the United States' influence in Asia as well as ...