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***AUTHORS: Steven Pifer is a senior fellow at the Brookings Insitution and a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Strobe Talbott is the president of the Brookings Institution. He served as deputy U.S. Secretary of State from 1994 to 2001.

[escapefromboston]

America can’t even help America.

[robowombat]

The Ukraine may need America's help but the question is does America have any interest in helping the Ukraine. I have read most of the responses here and do not find any specific mention of what US national interests are in the unfolding Russian-Ukraine conflict. Is there any major interest? Does the US have any significant interest in any state in East Europe other than Poland? If we have an interest what is it, specifically? Much of the commentary here represents slogan speak and little reflection on what level (if any) should the involvement of the US be in this dispute. I hope some posters will have something substantive to say and comments get beyond knee jerk anti-Russian or knee jerk neo -isolationist sloganeering.