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In the News

Sep 14, 2016

Stein Testifies Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Turkey After the July Coup Attempt

By Aaron Stein

Read the full testimony here.

Turkey

In the News

Sep 14, 2016

Hof Quoted by Business Insider on How the US-Russia Syria Deal Could Affect Assad

By Frederic C. Hof

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 14, 2016

Blanford in Christian Science Monitor, Quoting Hof: Syrian Ceasefire: US, Russian Leverage with Warring Sides Faces Severe Test

By Nicholas Blanford

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

Trade in Action

Sep 14, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – September 14, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on September 14 for his 2016 State of the European Union address.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 14, 2016

Farkas Joins Fox News to Discuss the Kerry-Lavrov Syria Deal

By Evelyn Farkas

Watch the full interview here.

Russia Syria

New Atlanticist

Sep 14, 2016

Georgia’s European Choice ‘Irreversible,’ says Georgian Prime Minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen

In an election season in which Georgia’s NATO aspirations have been hotly debated, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili insists that his country’s European choice is “irreversible.” “An overwhelming majority of the people of Georgia consider the goal of joining EU and NATO to be a necessity that will lead to a higher standard of democracy, […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Sep 14, 2016

Culture Under Threat: Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra as Case Study

By Vladislav Davidzon

In the last two years, it has become routine to acknowledge that the Maidan revolution unleashed torrents of creative energy in Ukraine. Myriad articles have been written about the ferment of cultural activity taking place across every discipline. Yet classic cultural institutions and performing arts groups continue to face many of the same problems they […]

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 14, 2016

Why the West Ignores Russia’s Wars

By Andrew Kornbluth

This month will mark one year since the beginning of Russia’s intervention in Syria and two and a half years since its invasion of Ukraine’s Donbas region. In Syria, Russia has indiscriminately bombed inhabited areas using virtually every type of conventional munition in its arsenal—thermobaric, cluster, and incendiary—killing around 3,000 civilians so far. These deaths […]

Russia Ukraine
Military parade in Moscow, May 9, 2016

NATOSource

Sep 13, 2016

If Attacked, Sweden Needs Outside Support to Maintain Its Sovereignty

By Inquiry Appointed by the Swedish Foreign Ministry

At the core of Sweden’s security policy is military non-alignment, the essence of which is that Sweden does not extend mutual defence obligations to other countries….

European Union International Organizations

EconoGraphics

Sep 13, 2016

TTIP = So (Ger)Many Benefits

By Filippos Letsas

As the most export-driven major economy in the European Union (EU), Germany stands to benefit greatly from a robust Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement.

Economy & Business European Union

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