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In the News

Oct 2, 2018

Bechev Op-Ed in Al Jazeera on Macedonia

By Dimitar Bechev

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The Balkans

In the News

Oct 2, 2018

Wilson Quoted in Balkan Insight on Macedonia Referendum

By Damon Wilson

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The Balkans

In the News

Oct 2, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Washington Post on Macedonia Referendum

By Evelyn Farkas

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The Balkans

New Atlanticist

Oct 1, 2018

Macedonia’s European dream: what next?

By David A. Wemer

“If Macedonia wants to be in NATO and the European Union, it by definition must come to an agreement with its neighbor Greece,” said Damon Wilson, executive vice president of the Atlantic Council. 

NATO Politics & Diplomacy

UkraineAlert

Oct 1, 2018

Does Poroshenko Have a Chance at a Second Term?

By Volodymyr Yermolenko

Purple posters with three words, “Army, language, faith” line the road to the airport in Kyiv, Ukraine. In smaller letters, they proclaim, “We are going our own way,” which means away from Russia. These posters are incumbent President Petro Poroshenko’s new campaign slogan, and they differ from his previous rhetoric in 2014.   Poroshenko’s language […]

Ukraine

In the News

Oct 1, 2018

Wilson Interviewed by TMN on Macedonia Referendum

By Damon Wilson

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The Balkans

In the News

Sep 30, 2018

Wilson Quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the Macedonia Referendum

By Damon Wilson

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The Balkans

In the News

Sep 29, 2018

Bechev Quoted in Bloomberg on the Macedonia Referendum

By Dimitar Bechev

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The Balkans

UkraineAlert

Sep 29, 2018

Why Pro-Russian Forces in Ukraine Have Got a Tiny Shot at Victory

By Taras Kuzio

There will be no pro-Russian revenge in Ukraine next year. The Russians will undoubtedly interfere, and we should watch and expose their shenanigans, but the threat of a pro-Russian party coming to power in Ukraine is miniscule for two factors. First, opinion polls show large majorities against the election rhetoric of the Opposition Bloc, which […]

Russia Ukraine

Article

Sep 29, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Inauthentic Activity Tested Ahead Naming Referendum

By Vladimir Petreski and Kanishk Karan

Ahead of the September 30 nationwide referendum to determine the country’s name, Macedonia remains on high alert for disinformation from at home and abroad.

Disinformation Elections

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