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UkraineAlert

Jul 18, 2017

MH17 Plane Crash: Completing a Circle after Three Years

By Michael Bociurkiw

The first relative of one of the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that I ever met was Jordan Withers. Thanks to the BBC, we were brought together for the making of a documentary into one of the worst civil aviation disasters in modern history. That disaster was the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, […]

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UkraineAlert

Jul 17, 2017

Twelve Myths about Change in Ukraine

By Alexander J. Motyl

Most Ukrainians will tell you that “nothing has changed” since the Euromaidan Revolution. Meanwhile, most Ukrainian analysts bemoan that Ukraine’s elites are resisting change and that, unless Ukraine changes more quickly, the country will backtrack and be lost. And everyone seems to agree that no change is possible unless corruption is fully eliminated. These views […]

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In the News

Jul 15, 2017

Farkas Joins Lawfare to Discuss Holding Russia Accountable for Election Interference

By Evelyn Farkas

Listen to the full broadcast here.

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In the News

Jul 14, 2017

Herbst Joins VOA to Discuss Trump-Putin Meeting

By John Herbst

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In the News

Jul 14, 2017

Morningstar in The Hill: Sanction Russia, but Don’t Sacrifice Europe’s Energy Security

By Richard Morningstar

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In the News

Jul 14, 2017

Stein in War on the Rocks – “Take to the Streets”: Turkey’s Failed Coup, One Year Later

By Aaron Stein

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UkraineAlert

Jul 14, 2017

Poland’s Revolutionary Lessons for Ukraine

By Krzysztof Stanowski

In the last thirty years, Ukraine has undergone three revolutions: the Revolution on Granite (1990), the Orange Revolution (2004-2005), and the Revolution of Dignity (2013-2014)—each about different values. The first one was about the right to independence, the second about fair elections, and the third about the right to choose the country’s geopolitical direction. For […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2017

An American in Paris

By Louis Golino

A friendship blossoms between Trump and Macron Press coverage of the first meeting between US President Donald J. Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the NATO summit in Brussels in May focused on the spirited handshake Macron gave Trump.  But too much emphasis on the symbolism of Macron’s machismo overlooked the fact that […]

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In the News

Jul 13, 2017

Karatnycky in The Wall Street Journal: Putin’s Dangerous New Ukraine Doctrine

By Adrian Karatnycky

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New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2017

Britain Needs to Reassess its Counterterrorism Strategy

By Elizabeth Ball

British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a re-evaluation of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London.  This must be a top priority. The UK’s current counterterrorism strategy—CONTEST—is organized around four “work streams” also known as the four Ps: Pursue (to stop terrorist attacks), Prevent (to […]

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