While 2014 will certainly not be remembered as a particularly great year for U.S. foreign policy or American domestic politics, one important challenge where the Obama administration has made some real progress is in managing the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The United States embraced a measured and prudent policy in response to the so-called Maidan revolution in Kiev, Russia’s subsequent annexation of Crimea, and the intervention of Russian forces in support of anti-Western rebels in Ukraine’s east. Rather than engage in hyperbolic or overly assertive language, President Obama firmly reiterated the commitment of the United States to …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
