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MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

Turkey’s Problems in Aleppo

By Aaron Stein

The Syrian regime, backed by Russian airstrikes, severed the main overland supply route from Turkey to Aleppo on Wednesday, February 3. The loss of this territory directly impacts Turkish interests in northern Syria and may portend a scenario whereby the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia comprised mostly of Syrian Kurds, unite Kurdish-held territory […]

Turkey

In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Trend on the Construction of Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline and Turkey-Russia Relations

By Agnia Grigas

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Russia Turkey

In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Hof Quoted by Agence France-Presse on Russian Intervention and Syria Peace Talks

By Frederic C. Hof

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Montanino in La Stampa on Ongoing Negotiations Between Greece and the International Monetary Fund

By Andrea Montanino

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Greece

In the News

Feb 4, 2016

Stein in The American Interest: Turkey’s Two-Front War

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

MENASource

Feb 4, 2016

MENASource Podcast: Is the Syrian Rebellion Doomed?

By MENASource

In the second installment of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center Podcast, Senior Fellows Aaron Stein and Faysal Itani discuss the implications of the latest Syrian regime gains on the battle field and the potential impact on US-Turkish relations, the anti-ISIS coalition, and the negotiations in Geneva.

Russia Syria

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Feb 3, 2016

Shaping the US Arctic Agenda

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On February 3, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record strategy session with Executive Director of the White House Arctic Executive Steering Committee Ambassador Mark Brzezinski on “Shaping the US Arctic Agenda.”

Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 3, 2016

Stein Quoted by Reuters on al-Qaeda Networks in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

New Atlanticist

Feb 3, 2016

Rallying the Transatlantic Community Toward a Greater Purpose

By Damon Wilson

A new era of US leadership can lead an effort to help adapt, revitalize, and defend an international order that advances security, democratic governance, and prosperity, says Atlantic Council’s Damon Wilson Europe is in crisis. The continent today faces a confluence of crises far more profound than most realize. As a result, the United States […]

European Union France

UkraineAlert

Feb 3, 2016

Why Do Ukraine’s Reform Ministers Keep Quitting?

By Anders Åslund

On February 3, Ukraine’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius announced his resignation at a press briefing with a big bang that may unleash a political crisis and shake the country’s fragile finances. Abromavicius, a 40-year-old investment banker of Lithuanian origin who has lived in Kyiv for many years as a fund manager, […]

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