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In the News

Jan 5, 2017

Polyakova Joins BBC World News to Discuss the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing

By Alina Polyakova

Watch the full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Jan 5, 2017

Polyakova and Woods Quoted by the Cipher Brief on US Intel Leaders and Russian Hacking

By Alina Polyakova

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jan 5, 2017

ISIS Puts Turkey in its Crosshairs

By Rachel Ansley

Though Turkey’s engagement in the war in Syria has resulted in a series of attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) over the course of the past year, the most recent attack on a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s Day will only harden the Turkish government’s resolve to defeat the Islamist […]

Syria Turkey

In the News

Jan 5, 2017

Burwell in the Telegraph: Europeans Can’t Afford to Laugh at Russia’s US Election Hacking. They Are in the Firing Line Too

By Fran Burwell

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jan 4, 2017

Latvia Heads Into 2017 Relying On Its Own Mettle—And NATO Metal

By Teri Schultz

‘Channeling Brussels’ with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs While the entire world carefully watches how 2017 unfolds, especially developments between the White House and the Kremlin, the Baltics are among those with the most finely-tuned binoculars.  Worst-case scenarios may be simply hypotheses for debate in other countries, but in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania they are […]

NATO Northern Europe

In the News

Jan 4, 2017

Shaffer Quoted by the Houston Chronicle on Tillerson and US-Russia Relations

By Brenda Shaffer

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Russia

In the News

Jan 4, 2017

Herbst Quoted by ThinkProgress on Russia’s Financing of Western Far-Right Parties

By John Herbst

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Russia

In the News

Jan 4, 2017

Slavin in Voice of America: Turkey Needs Solutions, Not Scapegoats

By Barbara Slavin

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Turkey

In the News

Jan 4, 2017

Hellyer in The National: The Separation of Church and State Isn’t Always Clean

By H.A. Hellyer

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UkraineAlert

Jan 3, 2017

Is Russia Planning a Major Land War against Ukraine?

By Alexander J. Motyl

Recent evidence suggest that Russia may be planning a major land war against Ukraine. While Russian President Vladimir Putin talks peace, several leading Russian analysts have explicitly endorsed the “Syrian variant” with respect to Ukraine. Are they speaking for themselves or are they acting on behalf of the regime, sending out trial balloons in order […]

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