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UkraineAlert

Oct 3, 2019

Rebuilding Ukraine one house at a time

By Yurko Didula

Five years after Kramatorsk, our volunteer initiative has become the largest volunteer movement in Ukraine with a network of more than 2,500 volunteers. Together, we have restored housing for 220 families and helped 17 cities create their own youth centers.

Civil Society Conflict

IranSource

Oct 3, 2019

Making sense of HOPE: Can Iran’s Hormuz Peace Endeavor succeed?

By Mehran Haghirian and Luciano Zaccara

Since President Hassan Rouhani’s election in 2013, Iran has proposed the establishment of a regional dialogue forum at various international conferences, through articles in numerous platforms, and within official statements.

Conflict Iran

In the News

Oct 2, 2019

Fried quoted in NBC News on Kurt Volker and the impeachment inquiry

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Corruption

In the News

Sep 26, 2019

Simakovsky quoted in DefenseNews on US security assistance for Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Defense Policy

In the News

Sep 25, 2019

Åslund in Politico: Trump’s Ukraine circus

By Atlantic Council

There’s something obvious about the Ukraine scandal threatening to bring down Donald Trump. The people around him — his top lieutenants, former campaign manager Paul Manafort and attorney Rudy Giuliani — have been deeply involved with questionable political and business leaders in Ukraine for years. I would know, as I’ve been following economic affairs in the country for decades. Manafort […]

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 25, 2019

Herbst & Simakovsky quoted in The Washington Post on US-Ukraine ties

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Sep 24, 2019

What’s at stake with the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

By Paul Grod

Ukraine is at risk of coming to the negotiation table with a weak hand, unless the United States throws its full support behind it and encourages Europe to do the same.

Conflict Political Reform

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2019

Rouhani’s plan a reason to be hopeful?

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Rouhani's proposal for peace will be rejected as outlandish, but it is a sign that Tehran may recognize that its attack on Abqaiq was an overstep.

Conflict Iran

UkraineAlert

Sep 23, 2019

The Kremlin is betting we will forget these names

By Vitalii Rybak

The release of prisoners was a big win, but activists worry that those who remain behind will be forgotten.

Conflict Crisis Management

UkraineAlert

Sep 23, 2019

Ukraine’s place in the geopolitical puzzle is shifting. That was the point.

By Maksym Panchenko

We don’t know what Zelenskyy gave up to get the prisoners back, but it probably wasn’t small. Ukrainian detainees have been one of Putin’s major pressure points on Ukraine for five plus years.

Conflict Crisis Management

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