Michael Crowley
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 06:32
President Barack Obama’s effort to rescue Ukraine from Russia’s military grip has stalled, and turmoil inside Ukraine's government may hand Russian President Vladimir Putin a victory in a conflict that Obama has said involves "the most basic principles of our international system.”
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 06:51
Despite earlier promises to hold allies accountable for human rights abuses, Obama has given aid to several repressive regimes, including in Egypt and Bahrain, and has not reacted strongly to abuses in China, Uzbekistan, and Myanmar.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:43
Training Ukraine's army may be more important than providing weapons to fight Russian-backed separatists, some U.S. officials say.
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 11:25
Following a summit with Gulf Arabs the ended with no apparent breakthroughs, a buried line in a joint statement hinted at a potentially major development: possible American support for a new pan-Arab “rapid reaction” military force.
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 06:20
President Barack Obama has ruled out sending a large ground force to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, but support is growing in Congress for dispatching small numbers of U.S. troops near the front lines of combat against the militant group.
Two key congressional Democrats leading the debate for a congressional resolution authorizing the ISIL campaign said on Sunday that they favor giving Obama permission to deploy specialized soldiers, including so-called “spotters” who can call in highly specific coordinates for airstrikes.