American Foreign Policy Put To The Test With Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is straining American capabilities of maintaining a peaceful World order. (Washington Post)
“The prospect of ground warfare and a brutal assault on a sovereign nation at the edge of America’s European alliance is raising worries about whether the United States pivoted too sharply to Asia and the Middle East in recent decades; whether America’s historical bonds with Europe remain strong enough to protect U.S. interests now; and whether U.S. strategists focused too heavily on the new forms of warfare that have dominated recent international clashes, including cyberwar, drone assaults and targeted assassination.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “invasion” of Ukraine — a term President Biden quickly adopted Tuesday — is taking place 5,000 miles from Washington. It can be viewed as a largely regional conflict, a violent expression of the Russian leader’s ahistorical contention that, as he put it in a bellicose article last summer, “modern Ukraine is entirely the product of the Soviet era” and has no independent legitimacy.”
American Foreign policy is being tested and questioned as Russia advances with its invasion of Ukraine. New alliances between China and Russia are causing alarms in Washington as Putin tries to re-assemble the Soviet Union as a global power within the framework of the American led post World War 2 pecking order. It remains unclear what Putin’s goal is but the actions he is taking will affect Western foreign policy for decades to come. Some experts think a new Cold War is on the horizon with technology that has advanced light years since the last Cold War ended.
