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UkraineAlert

Mar 7, 2017

Ukraine’s Rails, Roads, and Ports Throttle Economic Recovery

By Oksana Bedratenko

Ukraine’s favorable location gives the country immense potential as a regional transit hub. The country’s infrastructure, however, is in such a bad shape that it is not only unable to service international traffic, but has difficulties meeting the economy’s everyday needs. Following two years of GDP decline, Ukraine finally demonstrated signs of economic recovery in […]

Europe & Eurasia Ukraine

In the News

Mar 6, 2017

Vakhshouri Joins BBC Persian Service to Discuss the Iran-Russia Oil Deal

By Sara Vakhshouri

Watch full interview here.

Iran Russia

In the News

Mar 6, 2017

Aslund Joins Bloomberg to Discuss US Foreign Policy and Ukraine

By Anders Aslund

Watch the full interview here .

Ukraine

In the News

Mar 3, 2017

Karatnycky Joins MSNBC’s The Last Word to Discuss US-Russia Relations and the White House

By Adrian Karatnycky

Watch full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Mar 3, 2017

Polyakova Joins CBC News to US-Russia Relations and Ambassador Kislyak

By Alina Polyakova

Watch full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Mar 3, 2017

Castello-Catchot Joins Univision to Discuss Sessions and Russia

By Carles Castelló-Catchot

Watch full interview here.

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NATOSource

Mar 3, 2017

Russian Cyberhacks Could be an Act of Aggression, says NATO Chief

By Deborah Haynes, Times (London)

Fake news, cyberhacks and political coercion by Russia could be deemed acts of aggression by Nato, the top British officer in the alliance has indicated.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Mar 3, 2017

LISTEN: Aaron Stein on the SDF-Syrian Regime Agreement

By MENASource

On March 1, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian regime reached an agreement allowing Syrian regime forces to create a buffer zone between the Syrian regime and Syrian Democratic Forces around Manbij. The buffer zone serves as an attempt to prevent fighting between Turkish recruits and Kurdish forces. Listen to Rafik Hariri Center’s Senior Resident […]

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NATOSource

Mar 3, 2017

NATO and the EU Need ‘Grand Strategy’ to Resist Putin, says General

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato cannot deter Russia alone and must formulate a “grand strategy” for security in Europe with the EU, the alliance’s highest-ranking operational European officer has warned.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Mar 3, 2017

The ‘European Values’ of the Libya Migration Deal

By Tom Rollins

Last month, European Union leaders met in Malta, in the words of European Council President Donald Tusk, to “agree [to] concrete operational measures to stem irregular migration from Libya to Europe.” The statement was an unusually frank expression of EU intentions in the Mediterranean: to regulate, limit, or halt mixed migration flows on the Central Mediterranean […]

European Union International Organizations

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