In a very real way, Russia has given the EU and US, aka NATO, no choice but to flex its economic and technological muscles against this breakdown of the UN Charter and national sovereignty, especially given the barbarity of the highly chaotic and barbaric Russian efforts. The Rope-a-Dope strategy is famous for letting your greedy opponent exhaust themselves while reserving your strongest punches for a decisive ending. But instead of 15 rounds, you have 15 months to prepare.