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The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

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In the News

Jan 25, 2017

Hall Hall Quoted by Voice of America on Eastern Europe Security Vulnerabilities

By Alexandra Hall Hall

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Eastern Europe

In the News

Jan 20, 2017

Coote Interviewed by Accent on Georgia’s Negotiation of a New Gas Transit Contract with Gazprom

By Bud Coote

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The Caucasus

UkraineAlert

Jan 18, 2017

Break the Caucasian Chalk Circle

By Alexandra Hall Hall

As hopes fade that President-elect Donald Trump will take a stronger line on Russia than candidate Trump, and worries grow about his commitment to key Euro-Atlantic institutions such as the EU and NATO, it is not just small countries on the fringe of Europe, like Georgia, whose future is at stake. It is time for […]

Russia The Caucasus

In the News

Jan 13, 2017

Herbst Joins RFE/RL to Discuss Europe’s East and Russia

By John Herbst

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Eastern Europe Russia

In the News

Jan 11, 2017

Wilson Joins VOA Georgia to Discuss the Recent Congressional Delegation Visit

By Damon Wilson

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The Caucasus

In the News

Dec 15, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Jewish News Service on Netanyahu’s Visit to Azerbaijan and its Long History of Tolerance and Secularism that Underlies its Warm Relations With Israel

By Brenda Shaffer

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Israel The Caucasus

In the News

Dec 15, 2016

Shaffer Quoted in The Times of Israel on Netanyahu’s Trip to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan

By Brenda Shaffer

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Central Asia Israel

UkraineAlert

Nov 22, 2016

Eastern Europe Must Prepare for the Worst about Trump

By Alexander J. Motyl

President Barack Obama’s advice to the world that it shouldn’t “assume the worst” about Donald Trump may apply to countries whose existential interests cannot be threatened by the president-elect’s policies, but those that face a possible Russian invasion must assume and prepare for the worst. They cannot, as Obama recommended, “wait until the administration is […]

Belarus Northern Europe

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2016

Moldova Elects a Pro-Russia President

By Michael Getto

While not as globally consequential or shocking as the US presidential race, won by Donald Trump on November 8, the result of Moldova’s presidential runoff election does have significant ramifications for the future of democracy and economic reform in Eurasia. On November 13, Moldovans elected Socialist parliamentarian and former Economy Minister Igor Dodon as president […]

Moldova

Event Recap

Nov 21, 2016

The Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Then and Now

By Amanda Abrams

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk still believes deeply in the power of international norms to maintain peace. “Today’s world is based on great principles: sovereignty, territorial integrity, and untouchable borders. And as far as I understand the situation, the United States is the guardian of these principles,” said Kravchuk at an event on November 18, […]

Belarus Russia

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