Locked Out The European Art of Self-Isolation On October 27, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spent nearly ninety minutes on the telephone with Vladimir Putin. The details remain largely outside the public domain, which is an entirely respectable arrangement for a diplomatic conversation. Its occurrence is significant enough. In my assessment, the call delivered the second substantial blow, following the Russian-American diesel agreement, to the foreign-policy doctrine through which the collective West had approached Russia. A government supposedly destined for diplomatic isolation was once again receiving calls from people who had discovered something they needed from it. Until recently, leaders on both sides of the Atlantic spoke enthusiastically about forcing Moscow to capitulate. Their support for the Kiev regime continued through attacks on nuclear facilities, Belgorod, and other civilian targets. Meanwhile, Russian gold and foreign-c...