Dr Trevor McCrisken, Associate Professor of US Politics and International Studies, has written an article on the recent Malaysian Airlines plane tragedy for The Conversation.

President Barack Obama has declared the apparent shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine is a “terrible tragedy” and warned that “the world is watching”. He has offered full assistance to the Ukrainian authorities to investigate the incident and determine who is responsible.

Voices outside the administration have been less guarded in their comments, pointing the finger of blame firmly at pro-Russian insurgent forces and their alleged backers in Moscow. Most notably, former US secretary of state and probable presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called on Washington to “put [Vladimir] Putin on notice that he has gone too far and we are not going to stand idly by.”

To continue reading Dr McCrisken's article, titled 'History shows US response to MH17 will be all talk, no action' please click here.

The article has also been published in The Straits Times newspaper in Singapore.