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The Eurasia Center’s experts provide insightful commentary and knowledge to journalists reporting on current affairs in Eurasia and the global community. We engage with a broad cross-section of domestic and international news media.

In the News

Dec 28, 2015

Gedmin: Why Winning in Ukraine Matters

By Jeffrey Gedmin

Executive Director of the Transatlantic Renewal Initiative Jeffrey Gedmin cowrites for The Weekly Standard on the progress Ukraine has made in the last two years, quoting Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on how to combat corruption:

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Dec 24, 2015

Herbst and Polyakova on Ukrainian Politics in 2015

By John Herbst and Alina Polyakova

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Deputy Director Alina Polyakova comment for the Ukrainian Service of Voice of America on the progress and setbacks faced by Ukraine in 2015:

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Dec 23, 2015

Herbst on US-Uzbekistan Relations

By John E. Herbst

Reuters quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on how Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov’s relationship has been strained with the United States because of President Karimov’s troubled human rights record:

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Dec 22, 2015

Karatnycky: A Dilemma in the Crackdown on Corruption in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky writes for the Wall Street Journal on how the Ukrainian government should address economic corruption by ramping up anticorruption prosecutions against business leaders and make market system reform a core government priority:

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Dec 19, 2015

Aslund on Anti-Corruption in Ukraine

By Anders Aslund

The Economist quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on how Ukraine is progressing on making banking more efficient and cutting wasteful public spending: 

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Dec 18, 2015

Herbst on Russia and the Paris Attacks

By John Herbst

Georgian News Agency Accent quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on the Paris terror attacks and Russia’s response:

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Dec 18, 2015

Linderman on Travel Between Russia and Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Georgian News Agency Accent quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on visa free travel between Russia and Georgia:

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Dec 18, 2015

Polyakova on Nationalist Movements in Europe

By Alina Polyakova

Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova joins Voice of America’s Encounter to discuss the rise of right-wing nationalist movements across Europe:

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Dec 18, 2015

Bryza on Israeli-Turkish Relations

By Matthew Bryza

The Daily Sabah quotes Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Bryza on negotiations between Isreal and Turkey to normalize relations for the first time since the Mavi Marmara flotilla attacks in 2010. 

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Dec 18, 2015

Bryza on Israel and Turkey’s Economic Partnership

By Matthew Bryza

Financial Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Bryza on Turkey and Israel’s agreement to repair their bilateral relationship and what this means in terms of an economic partnership:

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