EU cannot resolve crisis with sanctions, long-arm jurisdiction

In its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, the European Union has once again included multiple Chinese entities, seemingly convinced that if one keeps adding names to lists, geopolitics will eventually turn in one's favor.

The package, formally approved on Thursday, broadens measures against Russia's energy, finance and trade sectors, while also targeting companies in third countries that the EU claims have helped Moscow's military.

After 20 rounds of sanctions, the bloc should ask itself an inconvenient question: If sanctions are the answer, why does the Ukraine crisis continue?