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Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 9, 2014

NATOSource

May 23, 2014

Russia’s Military Modernization

By Economist

Any illusion that Russia could be a partner of NATO and the West has gone. This has brought the realisation that what kind of forces Mr Putin has and the uses he might put them to matter.

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Ukrainian soldiers participating in Rapid Trident 2012

NATOSource

May 23, 2014

US Military Exercise in Ukraine Postponed Due to Conflict with Separatists

By Jeff Schogol, Army Times

A U.S. Army exercise planned in Ukraine this summer has been postponed, a spokesman for U.S. European Command said.

Ukraine United States and Canada

In the News

May 23, 2014

Karatnycky: The Pushback in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky writes in the New York Times on Sunday’s elections in Ukraine:

Ukraine

In the News

May 23, 2014

Burwell Interviewed on Marketplace on TTIP

By Frances Burwell

Marketplace Morning Report interviewed Atlantic Council Vice President and Director, Transatlantic Relations, Fran Burwell on the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment (TTIP):

Economy & Business European Union
French Chief of Defense General Pierre De Villiers

NATOSource

May 23, 2014

French Military Heads Threaten to Resign Over ‘Grave’ Defense Cuts

By Henry Samuels, Telegraph

French army, navy and air force chiefs and its joint chief-of-staff threaten to resign over military spending cuts, with Jean-Yves Le Drian, defence minister, warning they would render foreign operations impossible.

Economy & Business France

In the News

May 23, 2014

Herbst: Toward a Peaceful Ukrainian Election

By John E. Herbst

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst writes for U.S. News & World Report on the prospects of peaceful elections in Ukraine:

Ukraine

In the News

May 23, 2014

Herbst: Will Russia Interfere in Ukrainian Elections?

By John E. Herbst

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst joins NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss the upcoming elections in Ukraine. Listen to the interview here.

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Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 9, 2014

NATOSource

May 22, 2014

NATO Steps Back Into the USSR

By Steven Erlanger, New York Times

Is the confrontation a Ukraine problem or a Russia problem? Is it a blip, which can be treated like a speed bump before returning to the straight, rich road of commerce, or is it something fundamental, not so much a challenge to the postwar order as a break with it, blowing a hole in that […]

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In the News

May 22, 2014

Wake-up Call for Europe on Energy

Breaking Down the Russia-China Gas Deal Energy & Environment Program Director Mihaela Carstei spoke with CNN’s Fionnuala Sweeney on the major gas deal struck between Russia and China. She comments on the implications for Europe and the crisis in Ukraine.

China Energy & Environment

In the News

May 22, 2014

Brzezinski on Modernizing Russia’s Military

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski is quoted in the Economist on Russia’s military modernization:

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