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In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Stein Quoted in ThinkProgress on Fall of Turkey’s Currency

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Stein Quoted in Foreign Policy on Trump Blocking Fighter Jet Transfer Amid Deepening US-Turkey Rift

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2018

The Ohrid Group: Now is the time

By Atlantic Council

We see this as a “now or never” moment for your country, for you, and for your children’s’ future. Your government and the Greek government were not negotiating as yesterday’s rivals but as tomorrow’s friends.

Elections
NATO

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2018

Loose ends of a deal

By Pinar Dost

For the first four years of the war, Turkey handled the crisis on its own without much international support and assistance. Today, it is much harder to do that.

European Union
Migration

UkraineAlert

Aug 13, 2018

How Rejection and Time Abroad Changed One Kyiv Activist’s Life

By Mary Trichka

The Atlantic Council has been profiling some of Ukraine’s toughest but lesser-known female activists this summer. When I spoke with Iryna Shyba, a leader with the DEJURE Foundation in Kyiv, Ukraine, she almost rejected the premise of the piece. “I don’t feel like I am doing more than any other civil society activist,” Shyba said. […]

Ukraine

In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Shaffer quoted in Newsweek on Merkel-Putin Meeting and Nord Stream 2 Implications

By Brenda Shaffer

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Germany
Russia

In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Fleck Quoted in Newsweek on Merkel-Putin Meeting

By Jorn Fleck

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Germany
Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2018

Trump extends feud with Turkey: Now what?

By David Wemer

What does this escalation mean for US-Turkey relations and what should Washington and Ankara do from here?

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2018

Atlantic Council Looks Back on 2008 Russia-Georgia War

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council commemorated the ten-year anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war with a series of pieces looking at the impact of the war and the unsettled geopolitical situation today. Here is a look back at the pieces which ran from August 7 until August 9:

Russia
The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2018

The Russo-Georgian War’s lesson: Russia will strike again

By Ariel Cohen

Let the tenth anniversary of the Russo-Georgian conflict serve as a somber warning both to us and to our European allies: Si vis pacem, para bellum -- “if you want peace, prepare for war”.

Conflict
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

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