Political Outcomes: "Broader EU Sanctions on Russia Could Hurt Europe's Economy"

 Summary of the article: 

As tensions between Russia and Ukraine intensify, European diplomats have discussed the possibility that broadening sanctions against Russia could create significant blowback for their domestic economies. Billions of dollars in foreign investment could be at risk if Russia chooses to retaliate against foreign sanctions. Some European diplomats have described this threat as the economic equivalent of the dangers of the Cold War decades ago.

Thoughts:
The European Union is forced to create economic barriers with Russia in an effort to lower its political tension with Ukraine. This article is illustrative of a shift of power, as MGO's are essentially causing a loss of sovereignty in numerous TNC's and countries that are economically linked to Russia. Further, an interesting aspect in all of this is that countries, such as the Czech Republic and Hungary have to be wary of sanctions against Russia because they depend on TNC's that provide a majority of the energy in their country. The interconnections between TNC's around Europe and Russia, seem to dwarf other countries in Europe because of their sheer economic power.