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Yanukovych Comes Out On Top, But Tymoshenko Has Momentum

New Atlanticist
Jul 29, 2025

The Russia pressure menu: Options to convince Putin to negotiate on Ukraine 

As the US president cuts his deadline for Russia to ten days, there are several options for him to increase pressure on Moscow to pursue peace.

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Yanukovych Comes Out On Top, But Tymoshenko Has Momentum

New Atlanticist
Jul 24, 2025

Dispatch from Manila: A lesson in calling out Chinese maritime aggression

By
Markus Garlauskas, Philip W. Yu

As the Philippines has focused more on Chinese threats to itself, Manila also seems increasingly inclined to see its own security as connected to that of the broader region.

China
Indo-Pacific

Yanukovych Comes Out On Top, But Tymoshenko Has Momentum

New Atlanticist
Jul 1, 2025

The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

By
Kimberly Donovan

To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.

Economic Sanctions
Iran

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New Atlanticist

Jan 17, 2010

Yanukovych Comes Out On Top, But Tymoshenko Has Momentum

By Damon Wilson

Ukrainian voters today braved frigid temperatures to narrow the field of presidential contenders to Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 17, 2010

Ukraine Election Day: First Thoughts

By Adrian Karatnycky

The signs are pointing to a relatively clear, free and fair first round in Ukraine’s presidential elections. As of 3 p.m. Kyiv time, turnout was 46 percent, with no dramatic regional anomalies that would suggest ballot stuffing or ballot rigging. Opora, an activist group with a high degree of credibility and independence, is reporting no […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

A Glass Half Full: Contemplating a Yanukovych Presidency

By Nikolas Gvosdev

President Viktor Yushchenko has little chance of engineering a last-minute election victory; after Ukrainians go to the polls this Sunday, the most likely outcome will be a February run-off pitting the two former prime ministers against each other: Yuliya Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych. Some are portraying this contest as a choice between a "European future" […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

Ukraine’s Anti-Orange Election

By Alexander Motyl

As Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, Western observers should interpret the outcome in light of how the U.S. premier political scientist distinguished between good and bad government.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

Ukraine Election Backgrounder

By Adrian Karatnycky

Ukraine votes in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, January 17th. 

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

General Stéphane Abrial on Allied Command Transformation

By Peter Cassata

Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program, interviewed General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2010

Afghanistan Polling Difficult But Not Impossible

By James Joyner

A recent ABC-BBC-ARD survey of Afghanistan has both given hopes to those who support NATO’s mission in Afghanistan and created a backlash among doubters. ABC News polling director Gary Langer begins his summary of the findings with the good news: Hopes for a brighter future have soared in Afghanistan, bolstered by a broad rally in […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2010

Connecting the Dots is Not the Prolem

By Harlan Ullman

In the wake of the attempted Christmas bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit, once again criticism has focused on failure to connect the poor, overworked dots. Yet, however understandable this reaction, Rome is burning in a metaphoric sense and we are attacking dots. We must wake up. Consider several stunning — indeed staggering […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2010

The Future of Iran’s Green Movement

By Nazenin Ansari and Jonathan Paris

The deadline for Iran to accept a U.N.-brokered deal on its controversial nuclear program expired on December 31, proving yet again that the policy of modifying the behavior of the Islamic Republic is not working. While Washington frets over what the Obama Administration should do next, legitimate power is tilting away from the central government […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2010

South Asia in 2010: A Make or Break Year for Afghanistan

By Jawad Joya

2010 will most likely define the character of the next decade for U.S. foreign policy in Central and South Asia. For Afghanistan and Pakistan, the year will foreshadow what awaits them in the new decade – fatal chaos, expensive stability (with some hope) or a blend of both.

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