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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, July 7, 2017 (photo: Office of the President of Russia)

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2018

NATO Expert: Allies Worried About Likely Trump-Putin Meeting

By Andrew Restuccia and David Herszenhorn, Politico

For Putin, the best outcome of the summit is a tacit — or even explicit — endorsement from the American president

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Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, May 29, 2018 (photo: Department of State)

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2018

Secretary of State Pompeo: Despite Current Rift, Alliance Between US and Europe Is Strong

By Michael Pompeo and Elise Labott, Department of State

Excerpts from CNN’s Elise Labott interview with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, June 24, 2018.

NATO
Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Europe Beyond Trump

By Frederick Kempe

Seventy years ago this week, the Soviet Union blockaded access to West Berlin in an effort to score an early win in the first major crisis of the Cold War. What the Kremlin hadn’t expected was an unbending United States, which, with its UK allies, launched the Berlin Airlift, or “Operation Vittles.”

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International Organizations

UkraineAlert

Jun 26, 2018

Finally Some Good News from Ukraine

By Melinda Haring

It’s been six months since I’ve seen Ukraine’s most energetic minister, Dr. Ulana Suprun, and she’s been busy. Her comprehensive efforts to overhaul Ukraine’s dysfunctional health system are going well, she assures me. It’s the first time I’ve heard this statement about any reform anywhere in Kyiv.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 26, 2018

What Ukraine’s Anticorruption Warriors Forget, And Why It May Weaken the State

By Adrian Karatnycky and Alexander J. Motyl

Daria Kaleniuk’s rejoinder to our Foreign Affairs article, “How Western Anticorruption Policy Is Failing Ukraine,” misses our main point. We asserted that Western anticorruption policy was failing because it had been improperly sequenced, especially with regard to judicial reform. Kaleniuk indirectly admits this by pointing to the urgent need to create an anticorruption court three years […]

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Jun 26, 2018

Democracy Is Under Major Attack in Moldova. Is Anyone Paying Attention?

By Dumitru Alaiba

Last week a court in Moldova’s capital of Chișinău annulled the popular vote in local elections, which were won by pro-European opposition leader Andrei Năstase. The formal grounds for canceling the results are absurd; on election day the candidate urged people to vote on social media. This is no reason to block an elected official […]

Moldova

MENASource

Jun 25, 2018

Naturalized Syrians a flashpoint for Turkish parties

By Hossam al-Jablawi

With the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on June 24, the issue of naturalized Syrian refugees’ participation was a major point of contention. Turkish parties have divergent views on the Syrian refugee situation in Turkey, and there was an increase of public campaigns rejecting their stay in the country. A wide range […]

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UkraineAlert

Jun 25, 2018

Q&A: What’s Behind Moldova’s Massive Protests?

By Melinda Haring

Protesters are taking to the streets of Moldova’s capital of Chisinau again. On June 3, Andrei Nastase was elected mayor of Chisinau with 52.5% of the vote. Nastase, a pro-European prosecutor and anti-corruption activist, defeated Socialist Ion Ceban who favors closer ties to Moscow. On June 19, a Chisinau court struck down the election results, […]

Moldova
Ukraine

In the News

Jun 25, 2018

Stein Quoted in Deutsche Welle on Erdogan’s Victory in Turkey’s Elections

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Turkey

In the News

Jun 25, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Hill on the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

Read the full article here.

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