# In an op-ed, NYU Global Research Prof. Ian Bremmer reflects on US involvement in Ukraine

1 Faculty News May 13, 2014 ![Reuters logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030503.jpg?itok=0OAgrDF0)>

Excerpt from [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/bremmer-ukraine-idUSL2N0MA29K20140313) -- "If the United States' primary goal has been to keep violence in Ukraine and tensions between outside powers to a minimum, it has made a series of significant missteps. The United States failed to offer real economic support to the Ukrainian government before events reached a crescendo."

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