Blog Post # 7

Obama says US, Europe prepping sanctions on Russia's economic sectors if it invades Ukraine

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2014/04/25/obama-sectoral-sanctions-if-russia-enters-ukraine

The USA and other European countries prepare to make sanctions on Russia if they invade the eastern side of Ukraine. Instead of individual sanctions, the nations are prepared to use economic sanctions to the whole nation to change the force that Russia is currently using in Ukraine. Russia does not seem to be coming down or changing its' course so the President and other leaders have warned the country of the economic effects of their transgressions. All of this comes a week after Russia, the USA, Ukraine, and Europe signed an agreement hoping to lessen the tension and crisis. 

This issues has to deal with foreign policy, and how President Obama deals with other countries to promote peace and understanding. The President, and other countries, hope to use economic sanctions to encourage their policy. This is an example of soft power, something President Obama uses frequently instead of hard military power, to make change Russia. The countries all coming together to make these economic sanctions is also an example of multilateralism.