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New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2018

The Battle Over Nord Stream II

By Rachel Ansley

Despite US sanctions, the Kremlin’s pursuit of a free hand to maintain dominance over Europe’s energy market by using Nord Stream II has sparked fierce debate among Western democracies over the importance of the proposed pipeline. “This is not about a pipeline,” said Agnia Grigas, a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2018

Here’s What to Expect From Yet Another Putin Presidency

By Anders Åslund

Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia for the past eighteen years, is set to rule for another six. It is almost predictable how he will act over the course of his next term in office. Putin has constructed a regime based on personal authoritarianism. This regime does not depend on ideology, party or family, but […]

Russia

In the News

Mar 16, 2018

O’Toole in AXIOS: More Coordinated Response Needed to Russian Attacks on the West

By Brian O'Toole

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Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Vox on Trump’s Russia sanctions

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Carpenter Quoted in RFE/RL on New Russia Sanctions

By Michael Carpenter

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Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss Russia Chemical Attack

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

UkraineAlert

Mar 15, 2018

Sorry, Putin. Crimea still isn’t yours

By Alexander Vershbow

We must make clear to Moscow that any return to “business as usual” in the West’s relations with Moscow cannot begin without the return of the Donbas, and that no improvement in relations can be complete without the return of Crimea.

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Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Mar 15, 2018

One Overlooked and Easy Way the Trump Administration Can Help Ukraine

By Anders Åslund

Diplomatic relations between the United States and Ukraine are eminent. As former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer writes in his new book, The Eagle and the Trident, they have almost always been good. Ukraine’s outstanding sacrifice was to give up the third largest nuclear force in the world. An unfortunate consequence was that Russia […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Mar 15, 2018

US Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Election Meddling

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump’s administration on March 15 announced new sanctions on Russian individuals and organizations in response to Russian meddling in the 2016 US election and cyberattacks, including attempts to the hack the US energy grid. This is the most significant action by the Trump administration against Russia to date. The sanctions target […]

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In the News

Mar 15, 2018

Braw in Defense One: There Are More and More Threats that Militaries Can’t Stop. People’s Forces Can Help

By Elisabeth Braw

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