It took a recent trip to Japan to hear “Crimea” mentioned whenever the subject of Russia came up. Two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, starting with Crimea and its illegal annexation, one rarely hears about the peninsula these days in Europe or the United States. Distracted by Russian actions in Syria, Western government officials and analysts have essentially written off Crimea as a part of Russia over which Ukraine will never regain possession. When they do focus on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, they zero in on Russia’s ongoing aggression in eastern Ukraine—which merits a strong Western response much like the annexation …read more
Source: The American Interest
