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In the News

Sep 29, 2016

Hof Quoted by Naharnet on Unlikely US-Russia Outreach in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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Russia Syria

UkraineAlert

Sep 28, 2016

Putin’s Balkan Insecurities

By Stephen Blank

Two and a half years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, too many public figures in the United States and Europe still seem unable to decipher Russia’s motives. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently told a Bosnian newspaper that NATO’s readiness to extend membership to Montenegro and welcome Bosnia and Macedonia was not only a […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Sep 28, 2016

Stein Quoted by National Defense on Perturbed US-Turkey Relations

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

Trade in Action

Sep 28, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – September 28, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

The 15th round of TTIP negotiations will occur in New York, New York between October 3-7. Please follow this link for more details regarding the agenda.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 28, 2016

Hof Quoted by Agence France-Presse on the US-Russia Relationship

By Frederic C. Hof

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Russia Syria

Defense Industrialist

Sep 27, 2016

Beyond the MAD-ness of the Airbus-Boeing rivalry

By James Hasik

In the long run, military requirements and funding may matter more than trade disputes. In a 574-page report last week, the World Trade Organization ruled that the European Union and several of its member states had failed to adjust their behavior on their subsidies to Airbus, after its last mammoth ruling on their subsidies to […]

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In the News

Sep 27, 2016

Montanino Joins CCTV to Discuss Italy’s Banking Crisis

By Andrea Montanino

Watch the full discussion here.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 27, 2016

Vilify and Amplify: How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine is Attacking the MH17 Probe

By Ben Nimmo

The Kremlin has turned its disinformation machine on those who are investigating the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July of 2014, using state employees, state-run media, and the state-run, though unacknowledged, “troll factory” of fake Internet accounts. The primary goal of the media attacks has been to undermine the credibility of […]

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In the News

Sep 27, 2016

Herbst Quoted by Rudaw on Assessing the Russian Intervention in Syria

By John E. Herbst

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Russia Syria

Defense Industrialist

Sep 26, 2016

Applying an investor’s mindset to military aid

By James Hasik

Restricting US military aid may affect more than Israeli industry and the IDF. As has been widely reported, the United States and Israeli governments have come to a new ten-year understanding of how the former will subsidize the latter’s military spending. The new amount that the Obama Administration promises to submit annually to the US […]

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