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May 26, 2017

Marczak Quoted by CNBC on the Effects of the Venezuelan Crisis on Finance and Country Debt

By Jason Marczak

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Venezuela

Issue Brief

May 24, 2017

The Kremlin’s gas games in Europe: Implications for policy makers

By Ilya Zaslavskiy

“In addition to concerns over corrupt business practices, Gazprom’s operations are particularly disconcerting as the Kremlin uses the company to exert control over the post-Soviet space while deepening European dependence on Russian gas,” Zaslavskiy argues in the issue brief.

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Issue Brief

May 24, 2017

The Kremlin’s gas games in Europe: Implications for policy makers

By Ilya Zaslavskiy

“Gazprom is one of the Kremlin’s main cash generators and international political tools. The company subsidizes Russia’s wars in Ukraine and Syria, as well as the Kremlin’s well-funded effort to undermine European unity through propaganda and support for anti-European parties,” writes Ilya Zaslavskiy in “The Kremlin’s Gas Games in Europe: Implications for Policy Makers,” a […]

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In the News

May 23, 2017

Miner in World Politics Review: Why Argentina’s Macri Switched Gears on China, Now His Favorite Business Partner

By Sean Miner

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Latin America

Issue Brief

May 23, 2017

NATO and Trump

By Fabrice Pothier, Alexander Vershbow

The case for a new transatlantic bargain.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Issue Brief

May 23, 2017

NATO and Trump

By Fabrice Pothier and Alexander Vershbow

The case for a new transatlantic bargain.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

May 20, 2017

Marczak Quoted by QCostaRica News on the Northern Triangle Task Force

By Jason Marczak

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Latin America

In the News

May 19, 2017

Marczak in the National Review: Now Is the Time for Us to Secure the Peace in Colombia

By Jason Marczak

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Colombia

Defense Industrialist

May 19, 2017

Too secret a secret weapon?

By James Hasik

The secrecy around the USAF’s B-21 brings military value, but some ill-understood costs. The Defense Department’s Inspector General (DoD IG) has opened an investigation, at the behest of the Congress into whether the Air Force has imposed excessive secrecy. At this point, we should hope for a methodologically broad inquiry. For if the DoD IG focuses just on whether regulations were broken, then the government will not get the answers it needs.

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Trade in Action

May 19, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – May 19, 2017

This week in TradeinAction: On the US side, Robert Lighthizer was sworn in as new USTR, President Trump met with President Santos of Colombia and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.

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