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New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2018

Deterring Russian Hacking

By Brian O'Toole and Daniel Fried

The apparent lack of US preparation and defense nearly eighteen months after Russia’s interference in the presidential elections, especially given numerous media reports that Russia aims to interfere in the 2018 US midterm elections, is deeply troubling. We are heartened that Congress has taken up leadership to defend the US electoral process. But notwithstanding its […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2018

Erdoğan’s war on the Kurds

By Rachel Ansley

Turkey’s ties with the United States could become casualty of latest offensive Turkey’s military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria will eventually push the United States to choose between two clashing allies, and “Ankara may not like where US policy ends up,” according to the Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein. The Turkish operation has deepened […]

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UkraineAlert

Jan 24, 2018

What Lavrov’s Lies Mean for Ukraine

By Stephen Blank

Voltaire reportedly said that those who can persuade one to believe absurdities will lead one to commit atrocities. In contemporary politics Russia’s stance on Ukraine represents a cardinal example of the enduring validity of his remark. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently restated three lies: there are no Russian troops in the Donbas, the conflict […]

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In the News

Jan 24, 2018

Grigas in Reuters: A Tale of a Tanker, Russian Gas, Sanctions and Energy Politics

By Agnia Grigas

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In the News

Jan 23, 2018

Hof Joins WNYC to Discuss Turkish’s Campaign Against Syrian Kurds

By Frederic C. Hof

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Jan 23, 2018

Stein in Foreign Affairs: Turkey’s Afrin Offensive and America’s Future in Syria

By Aaron Stein

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Jan 23, 2018

De Alba Quoted in Miami Diario on EU Sanctions Against Venezuela

By Mariano de Alba

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UkraineAlert

Jan 22, 2018

Russia Cannot Acknowledge MH17 Role without Exposing Secret Ukraine War

By Peter Dickinson

The shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine on July 17, 2014, transformed a localized post-Soviet conflict into a major global crisis. With victims from eleven different countries including 189 Dutch citizens, the international backlash was prompt and marked a clear escalation in the confrontation between Russia and the West over the war […]

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UkraineAlert

Jan 22, 2018

Justice Deferred but Not Yet Denied

By Mykhailo Zhernakov

2017 was a pivotal year in Ukraine, but not the way we expected. We were supposed to get a brand new Supreme Court to replace four old cassation courts that were synonymous with corruption and abuse. Instead, it was new only on paper.

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Jan 22, 2018

Ukraine: Where Watchdogs Need Safeguards

By Luke Drabyn and Samantha Feinstein

It is ironic but fitting that in Ukraine, the agency tasked with protecting whistleblowers has instead fostered so much corruption that its own employees, after speaking out, have become victims of retaliation. In mid-November, Hanna Solomatina, the former head of the financial control department within the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP), alleged that she […]

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