U.S. Interests in Crimea

In a recent White House briefing, President Obama called Russia 's invasion to the Crimea Peninsula a Ukrainian sovereignty, territorial integrity and a clear violation of international law. In assessing the Russia - Ukrainian crisis in the Crimea, the European Headquarters Commander (EUCOM) and the Supreme Commander of the European Army (SACUER), before deciding to take appropriate action, You must consider the benefits of. This paper aims to evaluate the four national interests of the United States from the viewpoint of EUCOM and SACUER.

The consolidation of the Crimea by Russia is the first sign that the world order that we have enjoyed over 25 years is being threatened - the world is just waiting. In addition to some sanctions, President Barack Obama left this problem for Europeans. Even so, America is no longer interested in overseas dictators like Bashar Assad or Vladimir Putin. The new president may continue the process that started under his predecessor: the United States withdraws from global politics. That is precisely the next president is expected to clearly withdraw from Mr Obama. Mr. Trump promised to fight ruthlessly with the Islamic state, but apart from that, he is an open solitary who is about to get away from other global conflicts.

Two years ago, following President Putin consolidating the Crimea peninsula in Ukraine, the United States imposed strict sanctions on Putin's best friend and his corrupt business empire in particular. As part of this effort, in 2014 and 2015, Congress passed the US national security space launch by restricting the use of Russian rocket engines in its National Defense and Certification Act. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a monopoly founded by Boeing and Lockheed Martin and receives a subsidy of approximately $ 1 billion annually using a Russian rocket engine launched for 20 years national security satellite It is. They are manufactured by NPO Energomash OAO owned or controlled by some of Mr. Putin's friends.