International security/ In foreign policy, values must be combined with national interests

As in the U.S. the attention is focused on the ceasefire in Ukraine, many still insist that it be armed by the West. On the contrary, the international community should be consistent in pressing both parties for a quick, compromise solution, necessarily including a high degree of autonomy for eastern Ukraine. More pressing problems in fact require the U.S. and the international community's attention. ISIS is now at a mere 200 miles from NATO's borders, having conquered Sirte. In Italy there are calls for boots on the ground, while Egypt's jets raided Libya. Before it is too late, Russia must be back on board to help defuse ISIS.

U.S. and New World Order: Why Ukraine Is Not a National Interest and ISIS (And Russia) Are