NEW YORK --U.S. President Joe Biden's attempt to dissuade Russian President Vladimir Putin from ordering an attack on Ukraine will be a showcase of the power -- or the limitations -- of American deterrence.
With Biden ruling out a direct deployment of American troops to Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, the extent that the threat of economic sanctions can shape the thinking in Moscow will be tested.
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