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In the News

Sep 7, 2016

Stein in War on the Rocks: This Is How Turkey’s Incursion into Syria Could Get Bogged Down

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Syria Turkey

In the News

Sep 7, 2016

Polyakova Joins The Diane Rehm Show to Discuss Populism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Europe

By Alina Polyakova

Listen to the full interview here.

Europe & Eurasia

UkraineAlert

Sep 7, 2016

The Russian Balance Sheet at Hangzhou

By Stephen Blank

The recent G-20 meetings in Hangzhou, China provide a useful balance sheet for assessing Russia’s status in Europe. While Russian President Vladimir Putin showed that Russia is not as isolated as many in the West think it should be, Putin failed to convince France and Germany to pressure Ukraine to implement the Minsk II ceasefire […]

Russia Ukraine

Trade in Action

Sep 7, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – September 7, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

G20 World Leaders, including US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, in Hangzhou, China September 4-5

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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NATOSource

Sep 6, 2016

Post-Brexit, EU Moves Toward Deeper Military Integration

By Bruno Waterfield, The Times (London)

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini told ambassadors yesterday she would table the “road map” to take advantage of “political space” opened by the Brexit vote.

European Union International Organizations
EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, June 28, 2016

NATOSource

Sep 6, 2016

Mogherini: We Need to Change the ‘Institutional Structure’ of EU Defense and Security

By Federica Mogherini, European External Action Service

I see the focus on implementation on four specific areas.

European Union International Organizations
EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, Sept. 3, 2016

NATOSource

Sep 6, 2016

Mogherini Dismisses Likelihood of European Army, But Seeks Deployment of EU Battlegroups

By Federica Mogherini, European External Action Service

Today there was a general agreement, actually a unanimous agreement, on the fact that not only that the Global Strategy is excellent, but also the plans for implementation are what we need now.

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Sep 6, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Trend on Turkish Stream Pipeline Project

By Agnia Grigas

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Turkey

New Atlanticist

Sep 6, 2016

It’s Too Soon to Write Off Angela Merkel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Angela Merkel has acknowledged that the setback her party suffered in elections in an eastern state this past weekend was a repudiation of her welcome to Syrian migrants, but the Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell said backing away from this controversial policy will only hurt the German chancellor further. “The voters would be more skeptical of […]

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UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2016

The German-Russian Relationship: It’s Complicated

By Andreas Umland

There’s a growing perception in Germany that the Minsk ceasefire agreements may never be implemented and the conflict in Ukraine will continue to grind on. To examine the origins and nature of the conflict as well as its possible solution and the role Bavaria may play in these affairs, the German-Ukrainian NGO Kyiv Dialogue held […]

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