U.S. offers to ease sanctions will reward Putin for his continued meddling in Ukraine. Only a combination of tighter sanctions and military aid could push him off his current path
Obama’s hesitation in Ukraine endangers Eastern Europe
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the United States understandably focused on Islamist threats to the civilized world, Russia’s Vladimir Putin continues to whittle away at the post-Cold War architecture of global relations by ignoring his commitment to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and boosting support for Russian-backed rebels.