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UkraineAlert

Apr 2, 2018

Is Putin Getting Ready to Exit the Donbas?

By Michael Bociurkiw

For the second time in less than a month, a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was agreed to. The pause in shooting was to have gone into effect just after midnight Thursday, March 29. That’s not particularly unusual; many ceasefires have been declared since the conflict began in the spring of 2014. And like the others, […]

Russia
Ukraine

In the News

Apr 2, 2018

Vajdich Quoted in Foreign Policy on the U.S.-Russia Policy

By Daniel Vajdich

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Russia

In the News

Apr 2, 2018

Åslund Quoted in Foreign Policy on the U.S.-Russia Policy

By Anders Åslund

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Russia

In the News

Apr 2, 2018

Simakovsky Joins VOA to Discuss the Possible Meeting Between Trump and Putin

By Mark Simakovsky

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Russia

UkraineAlert

Apr 2, 2018

Why Ukraine’s Major Achievement in Government Transparency May Fail

By Olena Prokopenko

The launch of Ukraine’s e-declaration system—one of the world’s most advanced—remains among the country’s biggest post-Maidan achievements. It has been a groundbreaking step toward the transparency broadly supported by the country’s Western partners. Yet ever since its inception, electronic asset declarations for officials has been under continuous sabotage and has been attacked on a wide […]

Ukraine

In the News

Apr 1, 2018

Herbst Joins NPR to Discuss Tensions Between Russia and the U.S.

By John Herbst

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Russia

In the News

Apr 1, 2018

Åslund Quoted in Financial Times on Russian Billionaire’s Arrest

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2018

Women Activists from the Western Balkans Fighting for Peace and Gender Equality

By Sabine Freizer

Women have taken on greater roles in peace and security sectors In the Western Balkans since the end of the Yugoslav wars, thanks to government sponsored national action plans. However, a conservative backlash against gender equality now risks undermining these gains. The dynamic in the Western Balkans presents the European Union (EU) and NATO with […]

The Balkans

In the News

Mar 30, 2018

Fried Quoted in Wall Street Journal on Numerous Diplomatic Expulsions

By Daniel Fried

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Russia

In the News

Mar 30, 2018

Duclos Quoted in Financial Times on Turkey’s President Accusing French Meddling

By Michael Duclos

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Turkey

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