tonight we take a look at foreign policy here and around the world beginning with jessica mathews, the director of the carnegie endowment for national peace. >> there is too much lack of clarity about what the american principles and behavior are. there are people who seem to want to go -- you start shooting at the drop of every hat. i'm not talking about shooting, but i am talking about using that part of our foreign policy toolbox, the military part, to make a strong statement, and i think sometimes that's the only way you can make that statement. >> charlie: we continue with ian bremer, president and founder of eurasia group. >> we cannot isolate russia. we can push them toward china. it's not in our interest. our coalition on ukraine is canada because they have a large population and elections coming up and japan because they're japan. i like canada and japan, they're great countries, but it's not a goalings. >> charlie: we conclude with ram guha, his book india at the gandhi. >> if someone oppressed you before gandhi, you ask him to treat you like a human being or bash him. gandhi

. >> jessica mathews. ian bremmer is here, president and founder of eurasia group, a political risk consulting firm. the crisis in ukraine continues to dominate international headlines. he says the forces there were unable to control unrest. tensions remain high and on monday, more sanctions announced on key russian officials. lastly, we also saw president obama travel to key ally one of thein asia key stops, japan. tonk you -- welcome back this table. >> thank you. >> let's talk about president obama's trip to asia. a success? >> a success. he needed to make this trip. these were a number of allies that felt they had not been a priority and that they had been overlooked. obama went to japan and four times the japanese ambassador to the u.s. -- we will make this quick. four times he said he is committed to the alliance with japan and that the east china sea issue is explicitly a part of that. prime minister shinzo abe needed to hear that. it was a very good -- there was a lot of bon ami in the meeting all