'Dialogue' must be the most useless term in international politics now. Who ever suggested cutting phone lines, internet, diplomatic relations and international platforms? Maybe 'dialogue' is the new 'concerned', a word to show I read the memo but wont act on it.
'Dialogue' is like walking into a shop to chat with the attendant with no purpose to buy anything. The attendant will lose interest in me soon enough. No, I go to the shop to buy something, the dialogue might be a part of the purchase process, but it's not the goal in itself.
Instead of saying "we must have dialogue" diplomats should say what they want to achieve, or at least know that themselves, before going into dialogue to achieve those preset goals.
What is the EU's goal regarding Donbass and Crimea? Dialogue with Russia about how bad it is? Shall Russia evacuate Crimea? How will we achieve it? Shall Russia retreat from Donbass? How do we achieve that?
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