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UkraineAlert

Dec 17, 2015

The Revolutionary Path to Reform for Ukraine’s National Police

By Melinda Haring

Ukrainians are growing increasingly impatient with Ukraine’s lack of reforms. But the country’s police reforms are working, says Khatia Dekanoidze, the newly-appointed chief of the Ukrainian National Police. How does she know? “The number one tool to…measure effectiveness of police is trust,” Dekanoidze said on December 15 at an Atlantic Council event. Dekanoidze joined John […]

The Caucasus Ukraine

In the News

Dec 16, 2015

Riley: Challenging Putin’s Pipeline Strategy

By Alan Riley

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Alan Riley writes for the Wall Street Journal on the European Union’s Central and Eastern European members’ opposition to Moscow’s Berlin-backed plan to boost its energy leverage:

Eastern Europe Germany

In the News

Dec 10, 2015

Grigas on Russian Expansionism, Compatriots, and Energy Transformation

By Agnia Grigas

World Affairs Journal interviews Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Agnia Grigas on energy and political risk in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the post-Soviet region:

Eastern Europe Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 2, 2015

NATO’s Invitation to Montenegro an ‘Important’ Response to Russia’s Bluster

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Damon Wilson says decision puts NATO on a ‘safer path forward for security and stability’ NATO’s invitation to Montenegro to join the military alliance — its first expansion since 2009 — is the right decision, has significant implications, and is an important response to Russia’s actions in Eastern Europe, said Damon Wilson, Executive […]

NATO Russia
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Luksic and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 2, 2015

NATOSource

Dec 2, 2015

NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance and Provides ‘Guidance for Other Aspirants’

By NATO Foreign Ministers

Statement by NATO Foreign Ministers on Open Door Policy

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 12, 2015

Linderman on Georgia’s Rustavi 2 Controversy

By Laura Linderman

Georgian News Agency Accent quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on the Rustavi 2 case, public attitudes towards the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, and the opposition United National Movement:

The Caucasus

UkraineAlert

Nov 11, 2015

A Close (and Surprisingly Positive) Encounter with Odesa’s New Police

By Vladislav Davidzon

The reorganization and reform of Ukraine’s catastrophically corrupt police force was the top priority when President Petro Poroshenko appointed Eka Zguladze first deputy Interior Minister of Ukraine. Poroshenko wants to emulate the relative success that Georgia’s Rose Revolution reformers garnered in modernizing their small post-Soviet country. Zguladze is just one of the many Georgians who […]

The Caucasus Ukraine

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Linderman on Media Freedom in Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Voice of America quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on Georgia’s international image regarding media freedom in the wake of the Rustavi 2 controversy and court case: Read the full article here.

The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Oct 30, 2015

Wanted: A ‘Comprehensive Strategy’ to Deal with Russia

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Georgian Foreign Minister says Western ‘passivity’ encourages Moscow, discourages regional countries The West needs to develop a “comprehensive strategy” to counter Russian authoritarianism and support Georgia’s aspiration of joining NATO, Georgian Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, said at the Atlantic Council on Oct. 29. “Western passivity in the face of Russian aggression […]

The Caucasus

Webcasts

Oct 30, 2015

Remarks by H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Vice Prime Minister Of Georgia

By Atlantic Council

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