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Jul 27, 2016

Shaffer Quoted in Foreign Policy on Cyprus’ Natural Gas Industry

By Brenda Shaffer

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Southern & Southeastern Europe

UkraineAlert

Jul 27, 2016

Ukraine’s Deadly Profession: Three Journalists Attacked in July

By Melinda Haring

On July 20, investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet was assassinated in Kyiv. Sheremet hosted a morning show at Radio Vesti and was a top reporter at Ukrainska Pravda. A crusading journalist and native of Minsk, Belarus, he had already been expelled from both Belarus and Russia. He was killed by a car bomb. It would be […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2016

Will Erdoğan’s Crackdown After Failed Coup Chill Turkey’s EU Dream?

By Mitch Hulse

In the wake of an attempt by factions of the Turkish military to oust Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from power on the night of July 15, foreign policy experts point to increasing instability and a tightening authoritarian grip as core barriers to the resumption of Turkey’s European Union accession negotiations. “There will be no […]

European Union International Organizations

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Jul 26, 2016

NATO Air Power in a Contested Air Domain

By Marija Vaicekauskaite & Lauren Speranza

On July 26, 2016 the Atlantic Council hosted a private roundtable on “NATO Air Power in a Contested Air Domain.” The session featured a keynote address by General Frank Gorenc, Commander of US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, and a moderated discussion led by Jorge Benitez, director of NATOSource and senior fellow in the […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO

UkraineAlert

Jul 26, 2016

Intrigue, Outrage, and Relatively Free Elections in Ukraine

By Vladislav Davidzon

On the eve of Ukraine’s special elections on July 17, Nadiya Savchenko walked into the crowded Stansiya Lughansk district commission offices in eastern Ukraine. She was there to campaign for Fatherland’s Iryna Verihina, who had been Luhansk’s governor for about six months before being replaced. Catching sight of Serhiy Shakhov, a candidate for Nash Krai […]

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Jul 26, 2016

Established Political Parties Benefit from Ukraine’s New Reform

By Miriam Kosmehl and Andreas Umland

This month, Ukraine introduced state financing of political parties in the hopes that it will create a more transparent, equal, and democratic playing field for politicians and their organizations. But the process will not be as beneficial to Ukraine’s reform efforts as it could have been. In October 2015, the Ukrainian parliament adopted Law No. […]

Ukraine

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Wyne in Vox World: America isn’t Weaker than China and Russia — It’s Just Held to a Different Standard

By Ali Wyne

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China Russia

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Stein Joins Bloomberg TV to Discuss Economic Instability in Turkey Following Failed Coup

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Trend News Agency on the Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline

By Agnia Grigas

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Energy & Environment Russia

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Healey Quoted by International Business Times on Russian Influence on US Presidential Election

By Jason Healey

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Cybersecurity Russia

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