When confronted by a state or non-state actor that challenges international laws and norms, our first instinct is to quickly demonstrate that we are “doing something” by sending a policy signal through sanctions. But that is often where the process seems to come to an abrupt stop and, over time, we accumulate a series of sanctions that backs us into a policy rather than working towards clear objectives.

In the case of Russia, we have now stretched this concept to a breaking point. To summarize, we are currently sanctioning Russia under the following categories:

..мы подошли в реализации этой концепции к определенной черте?

то есть смысл в том что в случае с Россией слишком часто они пребегают к sending a policy signal through sanctions, и такой подход уже практически "выдохся", если можно так выразиться

хорошо было бы узнать, о чем докладчик говорит (и каков общий посыл его заявления) после перечисления категорий санкций.

breaking point
noun
the moment of greatest strain at which someone or something gives way: the refugee crisis reached breaking point | her nerves were stretched to breaking point.