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Mar 19, 2014 03:00 am | Daniel R. DePetris, Erik French
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military incursion into Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula
has generated a storm of commentary and analysis on virtually every
question under the sun. What is driving Putin to act in such an
aggressive manner? What does Russia’s speedy intervention in Ukraine
tell us about the strength of the new government in Kiev? And what can
NATO and the European Union possibly do in response?All of these questions strike at the heart of the manner, and the answers will determine whether the Ukrainian crisis can be resolved through a process of de-escalation—Washington and NATO’s first preference—or made worse by ill-timed and uninformed decisions.
Back in Washington, there is an entirely different set of questions that are being batted around. Historically, a crisis of international proportions would band Republican and Democratic lawmakers together. Yet in an age of rapid partisanship on seemingly every major policy issue, that tradition has been relegated to the sidelines. Moscow’s adventure in Crimea is instead resurrecting a divisive and politically-charged debate on foreign policy that has often clouded the Obama administration’s legacy since the moment it assumed office five years ago. The central question is and remains: Is the United States under President Obama being too passive on the international stage and abdicating global leadership?
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