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In the News

Aug 18, 2016

Aslund in The American Interest: Why We Need Kremlinology Again

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 18, 2016

Two Surprising Proposals for Peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

By Matthew J. Bryza

It has been a long time since I have sensed any cause for optimism about the prospects of a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Indeed, Armenia and Azerbaijan nearly resumed full-scale war in April, when their troops clashed along the line of contact with a level of ferocity unprecedented during the twenty-two years since […]

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In the News

Aug 18, 2016

Cohen Joins VOA Russia to Discuss the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the 1991 Soviet Coup d’Etat

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 17, 2016

Understanding the Role of Russian Propaganda in the US Election

By Ben Nimmo

It may seem strange, but the Kremlin’s propaganda machine is not backing US Presidential Republican Candidate Donald Trump. It has a bigger goal: Discrediting democracy in the United States. The Kremlin’s main propaganda outlets in the US are the television station RT—formerly Russia Today—and the radio and online outlet Sputnik. Both are headed by Kremlin […]

Ukraine

In the News

Aug 17, 2016

Karatnycky Quoted by Yahoo News on Manafort’s Role in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

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Ukraine

In the News

Aug 17, 2016

Stein Quoted by Al-Monitor on the Future of Turkey’s Military

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

Defense Industrialist

Aug 17, 2016

On battlecruisers, blockades, and Donald Trump

By James Hasik

Whatever administration takes office, the US needs to better match its procurement plans to its operational strategies. Writing this week for Chatham House, Julianne Smith, Rachel Rizzo and Adam Twardowski find that one military topic on which Donald Trump may offer views significantly differing from those of the other presidential candidates is procurement. In their […]

China Conflict

In the News

Aug 16, 2016

Stein Quoted by NBC News on the Turkish Army Post-Coup

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

Bremain vs Brexit

Aug 16, 2016

Vajdich in The National Interest: Brexit Was Decades In the Making

By Daniel Vajdich

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United Kingdom

In the News

Aug 16, 2016

Shaffer Interviewed by VOA Russia on Russia-Turkey Relations

By Brenda Shaffer

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