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UkraineAlert

Aug 3, 2016

Saakashvili in Odesa: When Making Waves is Not Enough

By Kateryna Smagliy

A year after my Atlantic Council blog post on Mikheil Saakashvili’s first fifty days as Odesa oblast governor, it’s time to reexamine his record. The results are mixed: his brisk and spectacular first wins soon hit the skids. The Presidential Administration’s promised support evaporated in late 2015 and Saakashvili’s many initiatives were skillfully torpedoed at […]

The Caucasus Ukraine

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Bryza Joins Vestnik Kavkaza to Discuss the Seizure of a Patrol in Armenia by Sasna Tsrer

By Matthew Bryza

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The Caucasus

In the News

Jul 25, 2016

Bryza Joins Azerbaijan TV to Discuss Turkey and Russia

By Matthew Bryza

Watch the full video here.

Russia The Caucasus

UkraineAlert

Jul 20, 2016

Remembering the Former Soviet Union’s Top Investigative Journalist

By Anders Åslund

Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv  It is hard to believe that Pavel Sheremet is dead because he was so full of life. He was an exuberant man who loved life and everything in it. A dinner with Pavel was always a wonderful and lively affair, and he enjoyed the food and […]

Belarus Russia

UkraineAlert

Jul 20, 2016

Turkey: Another US Intelligence Failure

By Stephen Blank

A less-well known but vital outcome of NATO’s Warsaw summit was the Alliance’s decision to create an intelligence and security division from among its existing organizations. This move is long overdue. There is a plethora of threats facing Europe and the United States, and yet the West has a record of intelligence failures that has […]

Russia Syria

In the News

Jul 13, 2016

Bryza Joins Vestnik Kavkaza to Discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

By Matthew Bryza

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The Caucasus

In the News

Jul 8, 2016

Wilson and Kramer in Politico Europe: NATO: Don’t Abandon Georgia

By Damon Wilson

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NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2016

NATO Must Set a Clear Roadmap for Georgia

By Vasil Sikharulidze and Batu Kutelia

NATO, created as part of Harry S. Truman’s visionary solution for a post-World War II Europe, has proven to be one of the most successful alliances in the world. A defensive alliance to protect its members from external threats, NATO has maintained peace and security on the European continent for more than six decades, paving the […]

NATO Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 17, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Ukraine

By Alina Polyakova

Ukraine will likely be at the center of the NATO summit in Warsaw.

NATO NATO Partnerships
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Georgia's President Giorgi Margvelashvili, June 8, 2016

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Georgia is wedged precariously between a NATO ambivalent about expansion and a giant neighbor bent on including it in its sphere of influence.

NATO Russia

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