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UkraineAlert

Jan 2, 2018

Which Will Be Europe’s Poorest Country? Ukraine or Moldova

By Anders Åslund

A year ago, I expressed my hope that “2017 should be the year when Ukraine’s economy takes off.” It should have been, but it was not. In the last quarter of 2016, Ukraine’s GDP grew by 4.8 percent. Alas, in each of the ensuing four quarters, the growth rate declined and GDP grew by only […]

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IranSource

Jan 2, 2018

Iran Protests Signal Deep Discontent but No Clear Pathway to Redress Grievances

By Sina Azodi

In the past few days, many cities across Iran have witnessed the most serious anti-government demonstrations since June 2009, when millions of people came to the streets to protest the results of fraud-tainted presidential elections. More widespread geographically if smaller in size, the demonstrations signal growing economic and political discontent within Iranian society and pose […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 1, 2018

100 Years Later, Wilson’s Fourteen Points Deserve Another Look

By Daniel Fried

This January 8 marks the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points speech, a foundational moment in America’s rise to define and lead a rules-based world order. Wilson has not been in fashion for some time: his political rigidity at the end of his career probably tanked Senate acceptance of the League of Nations, […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 26, 2017

2018 Will Be A Year of Living Dangerously On The Korean Peninsula

By Robert A. Manning

As troubling as current tensions are, 2018 promises to be an even more dangerous year on the Korean Peninsula. Amid conflicting signals from US President Donald J. Trump’s administration and anticipated hints of flexibility in North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s New Year’s statement, one immediate question is whether and under what circumstances Washington will be […]

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NATOSource

Dec 22, 2017

Merry Christmas 2017

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

Merry Christmas and thank you to everyone that supported NATOSource during 2017.

New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2017

What Tax Reform Means for US Clean Energy

By Charles Hernick

With the dust now settled on tax reform legislation, the scale and scope of its impact on the United States’ fast-growing clean energy economy is coming more sharply into focus. On December 22, US President Donald J. Trump signed into law a sweeping tax reform bill. While overall the bill could be categorized as less […]

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New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2017

Despite Brexit Gains, All Fundamental Difficulties Remain

By Jack Reynolds and Bart Oosterveld

UK Prime Minister Theresa May might have secured a major victory in the Brexit process, but she still faces exceptional political, social, and economic challenges in the second phase of negotiating the United Kingdom’s separation from the European Union (EU). European Council President Donald Tusk has already stated the latter half of the negotiations “will […]

EconoGraphics

Dec 22, 2017

Parties Supporting Independence Win Slim Majority, But Catalonia’s Complex Stalemate Continues

By Michael Farquharson & Alvaro Morales Salto-Weis

The outcome of yesterday’s regional elections in Catalonia reflects the electorate’s deep polarization on the issue of regional independence.

Economy & Business Southern & Southeastern Europe
President Donald Trump, National Harbor, Maryland, February 24, 2017

NATOSource

Dec 21, 2017

Trump’s New National Security Strategy and NATO

By Donald Trump, White House

Unfair burden-sharing with our allies and inadequate investment in our own defense had invited danger from those who wish us harm….

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President Donald Trump before signing Space Policy Directive 1, Dec. 11,2017

NATOSource

Dec 21, 2017

Trump’s speech undermines Trump’s new strategy

By Donald Trump, White House

In Afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines, and we no longer tell our enemies of our plans.

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