Listen to the full conversation with Jeremi Suri about Obama’s foreign policy on this episode of HistoryAsItHappens. podcast
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 the Obama administration responded with condemnation and sanctions. But the U.S. president refused to authorize the government sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine . Obama viewed Russia as a regional power that could not be stopped from trying to military dominate Ukraine, if it so chose. He was not interested in containing Russia as if the Cold War hadn't ended.
In this episode, historian Jeremi Suri, the host of"This is Democracy" podcast, discusses the thorny relationship between foreign policy and domestic pressures. Obama may have misjudged Putin, but was he right about the limits of American power in Eastern Europe?This is a podcast for people who want to think historically about current events. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. The past shapes the present.
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