The article I read was on the pressing issue of the annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Ukraine, specifically the way Putin is carrying himself through the wake of this invasion. The article goes on to say that Putin’s goal is to carry himself as a glorious and heroic leader with Russia’s best interests at heart, but his recent speech shed some light on how his goals for the take over of Ukraine aren’t exactly heroic in nature. The article talks about how although he thinks he has things under control it seems they have gotten a bit out of hand. He thinks the problems with foreign currency reserves, oil, the budget, the ruble, the economy,and inflation are all being handled well but in reality they all have been in steady decline since the annexation of Crimea. Then the article goes on to breakdown the speech. It talks about how he started off very angry at the America in particular for their disapproval of Russia’s actions. That article states that “Mr. Putin said the West used the annexation as a pretext to continue its historical attempts to restrain Russia.” The article continues to break down the specific things said in his speech and analyses the way he despises America and seems to write off all the problems going on with Russia at the same time.
America should deal with this by using the Non colonization policy of the Monroe Doctrine. This policy states that no country can try to take over and colonies any other country not already under their jurisdiction. However I think the US should only act with military force when it becomes absolutely necessary otherwise they would just be aggravating the situation and hurting their relationship with Russia even more. Just doing nothing however and going with the Monroe Doctrine’s, “If it doesn't affect us then we shouldn’t intervene” policy would not be the right decision because then their would be no way the situation would improve. I do think both the US and Russia should stay in their own spheres, Russia with not invading Ukraine and rebuilding the soviet union, and America in not sending military force until it’s absolutely necessary.
