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Aug 26, 2016

Slavin Moderates VOA’s Issues in the News on Turkey, Syria, and Colombia

By Barbara Slavin

Listen to the full interview here.

Colombia Syria

UkraineAlert

Aug 26, 2016

How One University Defied Putin and His Armed Mob

By Melinda Haring

On July 7, 2014, Russian-backed separatists entered Donetsk and occupied four dormitories at Donetsk National University; armed gunmen expelled students from their rooms in the middle of the night. Nine days later, the separatists seized the entire university. During that summer, separatists stole at least seventeen university vehicles and converted student dorms into barracks for […]

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In the News

Aug 26, 2016

Stein Quoted by The Cipher Brief on the Timing of Turkey’s Operation in Jarablus

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Syria Turkey

New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2016

Energizing Ties in the Eastern Mediterranean

By Gina Cohen

Offshore natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean have created critical opportunities for cooperation among countries in the region, especially Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Turkey. Of these five countries, Cyprus and Israel have discovered more gas than either can consume over the next thirty years. Turkey and Jordan have no indigenous gas and need […]

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Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, August 23, 2016

NATOSource

Aug 25, 2016

Top US General: Russia Trying to Undermine NATO

By Jim Garamone, DoD News

The threat baseline, he [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford] said, is four-plus-one: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and violent extremism.

NATO Russia

In the News

Aug 25, 2016

Itani Quoted by An Nahr on US-Turkey Military Cooperation in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Aug 25, 2016

Stein in The Atlantic: The Real Enemy Within Turkey

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 25, 2016

Stein Joins KCRW to Discuss the US-Turkey Relationship

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 25, 2016

Stein Quoted by the Financial Times on How Turkey’s Operation in Syria Is Affecting the Kurds

By Aaron Stein

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Syria Turkey

In the News

Aug 25, 2016

Stein Quoted by Agence France-Presse on Turkey’s Motivations for its Operation in Syria

By Aaron Stein

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Syria Turkey

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