Commentary & Analysis

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UkraineAlert

Jul 10, 2014

Ukraine’s Female Pilot-Soldier Surfaces in a Russian Prison

By James Rupert

At age 33, Nadiya Savchenko has served her country as a paratrooper in the combat zone of Iraq, as a helicopter navigator, and as a volunteer National Guard infantrywoman in the three-month-old war against Russian-backed militias. Yesterday she surfaced in a new role – as Ukraine’s most prominent prisoner of that war, detained in a […]

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UkraineAlert

Jul 7, 2014

A Day in Luhansk: Crimes and Uncertainties of War

By Tanya Lokshina, Human Rights Watch

Tanya Lokshina, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, published on July 5 an account, excerpted below, of a visit to the conflict zone in Luhansk province. Read her full report here.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 7, 2014

Ukraine, Having Seized Rebel-Held Cities, Now Must Govern Them

By James Rupert

Stabilizing a Recaptured Conflict Zone Will Test Kyiv’s Skills at Reconciliation While Ukraine’s weekend victory in seizing back two cities in Donetsk province is its biggest in the three-month war with Russian proxy forces, it immediately poses some tough new tests for the government in Kyiv. And, at a critical moment in Ukraine’s fight against […]

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Article

Jul 7, 2014

Don’t Panic: Russia’s Energy Pivot to Asia and European Energy Security

By David Koranyi

Russia’s Energy Pivot to Asia and European Energy Security After almost a decade of haggling, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed an agreement on Russian gas supplies to China in late May. The contracts stipulates Russia’s obligation to supply 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually for 30 years through […]

UkraineAlert

Jul 7, 2014

Why Ukraine Was Forced to Fight

By Damon Wilson

The West Retreated From Its Vow of Sanctions, Leaving Kyiv No Option   The Ukrainian military’s counter-offensive in southeast Ukraine suddenly has become Kyiv’s most effective response so far to the three-month-old proxy insurgency waged by Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the fight will be longer and riskier if the West continues its hesitation to […]

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Event Recap

Jul 7, 2014

Armenia and the West: A New Vision for the Caucasus?

On Wednesday, July 2nd, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted an off-the-record workshop on Armenia’s relationship with the West and the future vision for the Caucasus. The workshop, organized jointly with Washington-based think tank Policy Forum Armenia (PFA), built upon the discussion that took place a year ago at the Atlantic Council (on Armenia-NATO relations), […]

Event Recap

Jul 3, 2014

NATO in the Caucasus: The Case of Azerbaijan

On Tuesday, July 1st, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a public forum on the present and future relationship between NATO and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The panelists included H.E. Khazar Ibrahim, Head of the Azerbaijani mission to NATO; Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Visiting Researcher at CERES, Georgetown University; and Mr. Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Security […]

Event Recap

Jul 3, 2014

Off-the-Record Dinner with Members of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Delegation

By The Atlantic Council

On June 30, 2014, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a private dinner for a delegation from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) consisting of H.E. Fuad Hussein, Chief of Staff to the President, and H.E. Falah Mustafa Bakir, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 1, 2014

Poroshenko’s Vow to Fight Seals a Defeat for Putin

By James Rupert

President Petro Poroshenko’s cancellation of Ukraine’s cease-fire yesterday seals a strategic defeat for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Seven months after Putin strong-armed a malleable Ukrainian leader into scrapping Ukraine’s plan for closer ties to Europe, Ukraine is prepared to fight Russia to preserve exactly that choice.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 1, 2014

Opinion Poll Shows Russian Support for Arming Separatist Militants in Ukraine

By Irena Chalupa

Nearly two-thirds of Russians in a survey this month support the arming of the Russian-backed separatist fighters in southeastern Ukraine, according to the Moscow-based Levada Center for public opinion research. In other words, the Russian people are giving President Vladimir Putin the green light to do what he is doing, even as he says he […]

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