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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

Sep 23, 2015

Polyakova on the Blockade Into Crimea

By Alina Polyakova

USA Today quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova on how the blockade against truck traffic into Crimea enacted by ethnic Tatars and members of a Ukrainian extremist group will affect relations between Ukraine and Russia:

Russia Ukraine

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Sep 21, 2015

Cohen on Israeli and Russian Cooperation in Syria

By Ariel Cohen

Foreign Policy quotes Global Energy Center and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen on Israel and Russia coordinating on military action in Syria and the larger implications of such an agreement:

Israel Russia

In the News

Sep 18, 2015

Polyakova: Is European Integration Causing Europe to Become More Nationalist?

By Alina Polyakova

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova cowrites for the Journal of European Public Policy on whether the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 affected European views on nationalist identity:

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Sep 17, 2015

Aslund on Ukrainian Economic Reforms

By Anders Aslund

Ekonomichna Pravda features Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It by Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund: Read the full article here.

Ukraine

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Sep 17, 2015

Cohen: Syrian Escalation: Senseless and Ruthless

By Ariel Cohen

Global Energy Center and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen writes for Voice of America Russian on the escalating violence in the crisis in Syria: Read the full article here.

Syria

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Sep 17, 2015

Cohen: Power Projection: Who Will Win in Syria

By Ariel Cohen

Global Energy Center and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen writes for Forbes Russia on Russian intervention in Syria: Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

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Sep 17, 2015

Aslund on Law Enforcement Reform in Ukraine

By Anders Aslund

The Kyiv Post quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on the need for the leadership of law enforcement bodies in Ukraine to be replaced by independent decision-makers:

Ukraine

In the News

Sep 16, 2015

Herbst on Russia’s Strategy in Ukraine and Syria

By John Herbst

USA Today quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on Russia’s failure to implement the ceasefire in Ukraine and Putin’s military assistance for the Assad regime in Syria:

Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 15, 2015

Pham and Polyakova on Guinea and the Far Right’s Rise in Europe

By J. Peter Pham and Alina Polyakova

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova join The American Interest podcast to discuss the election in Guinea and the rise of far-right political parties in Europe:

Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 15, 2015

Herbst on the United States-Russia Relationship

By John Herbst

The New York Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on the possibility of talks between the United States and Russia to discuss the situation in Syria:

Russia Syria

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