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UkraineAlert

Aug 3, 2016

How the International Media Enables Russian Aggression in Ukraine

By Peter Dickinson

If anyone had attempted to report on “German-backed forces” in Nazi-occupied France or “pro-Soviet forces” during the Prague Spring, they would have been dismissed as either hopelessly misinformed or deeply disingenuous. While local collaborators and convenient euphemisms were plentiful in both instances, there was never any doubt as to who was really in control. This […]

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2016

In 2014, Trump Argued Ukraine Would Fall Quickly to Russia

By Donald Trump, C-SPAN

Excerpt from speech by Donald Trump at CPAC, March 6, 2014.

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011 (photo: Gage Skidmore)

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2016

Trump Believes Crimea Belongs in Russia

By Maggie Haberman and David Sanger, New York Times

In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on the ABC News program “This Week,” Mr. Trump said that if he were president, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would not send his forces into Ukraine….

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In the News

Aug 2, 2016

Farkas Joins CNN to Discuss the Relationship Between Russia and Trump

By Evelyn Farkas

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UkraineAlert

Aug 2, 2016

Sloppy Thinking about War Helps No One

By Alexander J. Motyl

How likely is a war between the United States and Russia? According to Matthew Rojansky, director of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, in a recent World Politics Review article, “a war between Russia and the United States is more likely today than at any time since the worst years of the Cold War.” That’s strong […]

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UkraineAlert

Aug 2, 2016

What Trade Policy Does Ukraine Need Now?

By Anders Åslund

At the informal ministerial meeting of the Eastern Partnership in Kyiv on July 11-12, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin proposed that the six members of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) form a single economic space or free trade area. This is implausible. Ukraine does need to open its economy to […]

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In the News

Aug 2, 2016

Mezran in Huffington Post Italy: The Fight Against ISIS in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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In the News

Aug 2, 2016

Grigas in the Hill: Trump’s Views on Ukraine are Straight From the Kremlin

By Agnia Grigas

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In the News

Aug 2, 2016

Stein Quoted by Financial Times on the Post-Coup Overhaul of Turkey’s Military

By Aaron Stein

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Donald Trump, Jan. 9, 2016 (photo: Evan Guest)

NATOSource

Aug 1, 2016

The Logic Behind Our Alliances

By Charles Lane, Washington Post

Perhaps it would help, given recent events in U.S. politics, to review the rationale for U.S. security commitments to allies in Europe and the Far East.

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