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In the News

Jun 29, 2017

Farkas in Foreign Policy: Congress Must Make Russia Pay for Attacking US Elections

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Jun 29, 2017

Dungan Quoted in CNN on Trump’s Surprise Paris Visit

By Nicholas Dungan

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France

UkraineAlert

Jun 29, 2017

War in Ukraine 2.0

By Melinda Haring

Russia is targeting the most capable and dedicated parts of the Ukrainian military. On June 27, Colonel Maksim Shapoval, commander of an elite Ukrainian military intelligence unit, was killed when his car exploded during his morning commute in downtown Kyiv. A few hours later, a massive cyberattack took out computer systems across the city. The […]

Russia Ukraine

FutureSource

Jun 28, 2017

Mapping the Trajectory of Western Liberalism

By Mike Rossi

In a fireside chat hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative on June 14, Financial Times columnist and commentator Edward Luce discussed the many challenges facing liberal democracies and the impact these challenges have on Western hegemony and the state of the liberal international order at large.

Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 28, 2017

Stein Quoted by ARA News on Turkish-backed Group’s Intent to Take Syrian Cities from Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

By Aaron Stein

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Jun 28, 2017

Bechev in Al Jazeera: Albania: The good news and the bad news

By Dimitar Bechev

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The Balkans

In the News

Jun 28, 2017

Woods Quoted by CBC on Cyberattack in Ukraine

By Beau Woods

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 28, 2017

Ullman in the Observer: Putin’s Last Straw Was Pulled Long Ago

By Harlan Ullman

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Russia

In the News

Jun 28, 2017

Åslund in Project Syndicate: Russia’s Oligarchs-in-Waiting

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2017

Russia’s Arctic Ambitions: Hype vs. Reality

By Lukas Trakimavičius

Russia has poured billions of dollars into infrastructure projects to strengthen its military foothold in the Arctic. It is widely assumed that this has been done to establish greater leverage over the fossil fuels that lie beneath the ice. However, the problem with this line of thought is that it is based on exaggerated expectations […]

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