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UkraineAlert

May 13, 2016

Why Slow and Steady Wins the Race: A Case for Patience in Post-Maidan Ukraine

By Alexander J. Motyl

The aftermath of revolutions is always disappointing. Expectations of immediate transformation come up against intractable reality and a deep and debilitating disappointment usually sets in among much of the population. But not among radicals, who typically demand a thoroughgoing renewal of the elites deemed responsible for “betraying” the cause. In France, which set the pattern […]

Ukraine

In the News

May 13, 2016

Wilson Joins Voice of America Georgian Service to Discuss the Joint US-UK-Georgian Military Exercises

By Damon Wilson

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The Caucasus

In the News

May 13, 2016

McFate in The Daily Beast: How the United States Can Defeat Putin’s Shadow War

By Sean McFate

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Russia

In the News

May 13, 2016

Nordenman Quoted by Roll Call on US-Nordic Cooperation

By Magnus Nordenman

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Northern Europe

In the News

May 13, 2016

Stein Joins Voice of America to Discuss the Political Crisis in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

Turkey

In the News

May 13, 2016

Benitez Quoted by Voice of America on US-Nordic Summit

By Jorge Benitez

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Northern Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin, May 10, 2015

NATOSource

May 12, 2016

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare is Harming Germany

By Ruth Forsyth

Among the multiple crises currently taking place on the European continent, another serious threat has been unfolding. Russia is actively seeking to harm and destabilize Germany.

Germany Russia

In the News

May 12, 2016

Hellyer in The National: With Khan’s Win, Is the United Kingdom Ridding itself of Bigotry?

By HA Hellyer

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United Kingdom

In the News

May 12, 2016

Cohen Quoted by APA on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

By Ariel Cohen

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The Caucasus
USS Fitzgerald participating in missile defense test, Oct. 25, 2012

NATOSource

May 11, 2016

NATO to Switch on Missile Defense System Tomorrow

By AP and Reuters

From Vanessa Gera, AP:  A U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats is moving into higher gear this week, with a site in Romania becoming operational on Thursday

Central Europe Missile Defense

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