From Eurasia with Love
Journal: American Foreign Policy Interests
Year: 2014

This article is an early attempt to underscore some of the immediate conclusions arising out of Russia's invasion, occupation, and annexation of Crimea. It deals not only with the implications for Ukraine but for Europe and Eurasia as a whole, with special reference to the Caucasus—an area beset by unresolved conflicts. In those contexts, the article also contains both a critique of and recommendations for ways in which to address some of the shortcomings in U.S. policy that allowed Russia to ac