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Russia's "little green men" at military base in Crimea, March 9, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 29, 2016

A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories

By Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times

In Crimea, eastern Ukraine and now Syria, Mr. Putin has flaunted a modernized and more muscular military.

Central Europe Germany

In the News

Aug 29, 2016

Ullman in UPI: It’s Not Too Late for Obama to Get Russian Relations Back on Track

By Harlan Ullman

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In the News

Aug 29, 2016

Bryza Quoted by Agence France-Presse on Turkey’s Fight against ISIS

By Matthew Bryza

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Syria Turkey

UkraineAlert

Aug 29, 2016

Have Ukraine’s Reforms Stalled?

By Anders Åslund

Few Ukrainians realize how impressive their economic reforms were in 2015. The question today is whether that reform wave will continue, or has come to a halt. The slashing of energy subsidies by 10 percent of GDP by unifying energy prices from 2014 to 2016 was most important. As a consequence, Ukraine’s public expenditures fell […]

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Aug 29, 2016

E-Declaration—and Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Strategy—in Jeopardy

By Josh Cohen

A key element of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agenda is at a crossroads—and whether it is implemented on August 31 will indicate Kyiv’s commitment to reform. In October 2014, a new law requiring Ukrainian public officials to file an electronic declaration disclosing all of their financial assets was passed by parliament. This e-declaration law mandates that officials […]

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Aug 29, 2016

Three Mythologies of European Security

By Stephen Blank

Samuel Johnson famously told his biographer James Boswell, “Clear your mind of cant.” In thinking about European security, we should do so, too.

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In the News

Aug 28, 2016

Itani Quoted by The Telegraph on Turkey Joining the Fight against ISIS in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Aug 28, 2016

Stein Quoted by ARA News on the Conflicts between Turkey-Backed Rebels and Kurdish Forces in Syria

By Aaron Stein

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Aug 27, 2016

Bryza in Newsweek: NATO Must Act to Halt Turkey’s Freefall into Putin’s Arms

By Matthew Bryza

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, July 21, 2016

NATOSource

Aug 26, 2016

The NATO Blame Game

By Lucas Della Ventura, The Hill

The claim is that NATO’s expansion eastward, Ukraine and Georgia’s cozying up to the West, and historically neutral Finland and Sweden’s new interest in NATO membership have enticed Russia’s aggressive behavior,

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