Russia

Friedlander interviewed on CNN Connect the World discussing Russian illicit financial flows

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Kroenig in the National Desk on hypersonic weapons

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig comments on how US hypersonic missile will ultimately edge out Chinese and Russian competition.

Wald in AFP: US or Russia? Ukraine Crisis Poses Dilemma for Wealthy Gulf

O’Toole featured in NPR The World discussing SWIFT and sanctioning Russia

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O’Toole and Fried featured in the Washington Post on the impact of US sanctions on Russia

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Ashford in the Washington Post: Has Ukraine turned the tables on Russia?

By Atlantic Council

On February 3, Ashford was cited in the Washington Post on energy issues related to Russia and Europe. “European Council on Foreign Relations’s Jeremy Shapiro recently observed that ‘in a world of increasing geopolitical competition, the US needs partners — not supplicants and free-riders.’ An Anglo-Polish arrangement to bolster Ukraine’s defenses suggests the former and not the […]

Ashford in the New York Times: Putin, facing sanction threats, has been saving for this day

By Atlantic Council

On February 3, Ashford was cited in the New York Times on energy issues related to Russia and Europe. “‘Europe has not resolved its dependence on Russian gas,’ said Emma Ashford, who studies European security issues at The Atlantic Council research group…Russia’s currency reserves could displace the loss of energy exports to Europe for ‘several years,’ […]

Ashford in Foreign Policy: Will Germany hobble Western sanctions against Russia?

By Atlantic Council

On February 3, Emma Ashford co-authored an article in Foreign Policy with Rachel Rizzo, Senior Fellow in the Europe Center, on the problems for European energy sanctions related to the Ukraine crisis.  “The core issue, however, is less one of German intransigence but rather that there are limited options on the table for sanctions in the event […]