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Russian forces in Crimea, violent protests in Kiev, escalating tensions between West and East: Over the last week, the stories dominating the headlines sound like a return to Cold War politics. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine are being stepped up—the foreign ministers of Russia and the U.S. are preparing to hold talks in Paris, and European Union officials announced plans to offer an aid package to Ukraine worth as much as $15 billion, adding a hefty amount to the $1 billion in loan guarantees from the United States. With Europe rallying around Ukraine, White House officials are weighing their options, but no clear course out of this crisis has emerged. Samuel Berger, former National Security Advisor under President Bill Clinton, has several decades of experience in solving diplomatic crises. Now the chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a strategic diplomacy firm in Washington, Berger explores potential ways forward for President Barack Obama and the U.S. Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich breaks down the range of proposals Congressional leaders are crafting in response to this crisis.