Putin Invades Crimea: Obama Hardest Hit?

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Published on: March 3, 2014

Foreign Policy Is Hard

Putin Invades Crimea: Obama Hardest Hit? Walter Russell Mead

The foundations of Obama’s foreign policy have taken a serious beating over the weekend, with his desire to see a nuclear-free world perhaps one of the biggest casualties.

As President Obama scrambles for some kind of a response to Russia's moves in Ukraine, the stakes for the President and his foreign policy could not be bigger. Putin's Crimean adventure isn't just a blow to American plans for Ukraine; it shakes the foundations of the President's world strategy and in a worst-case scenario could fatally weaken President Obama at home. Behind the scenes, we are told, the White House spin machine is telling friendly reporters (of which there are many, though perhaps not so many as in 2009) that, in essence, Vladimir Putin has fallen into a trap. "I've...

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