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In the News

Apr 9, 2017

Aslund Quoted by the Wall Street Journal on Russian Intelligence

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anders Aslund</span>

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In the News

Apr 9, 2017

Herbst Quoted by VOA on Russia’s Reaction to US Air Strike on Syria

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John E. Herbst</span>

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In the News

Apr 8, 2017

Herbst Quoted by Newsweek on Weakened US-Russia Relations, Post Attack on Syria

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John Herbst</span>

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In the News

Apr 7, 2017

Ashooh Joins CBSN to Discuss Russia’s Veto of the UN Resolution Calling for an Investigation into the Syria Chemical Attack

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jessica Ashooh</span>

Watch the full interview here.

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In the News

Apr 7, 2017

Polyakova Quoted by the Washington Post on Russian Corruption

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alina Polyakova</span>

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Russia

In the News

Apr 7, 2017

Aslund Quoted by Foreign Policy on US-Russia Relations and Jared Kushner

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anders Aslund</span>

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NATOSource

Apr 6, 2017

Russia’s New Intermediate Range Missiles – Back to the 1970s

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Stefan Forss</span>

It may be too late to save the INF Treaty, Brookings Senior Fellow, Ambassador Steven Pifer stated recently. “From bases in western Russia, nuclear-armed Russian SSC-8 GLCMs could target Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Rome, Athens, Ankara, and even Paris and London,”

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In the News

Apr 6, 2017

Wieslander Joins BBC World Service to Discuss How US-Russia Relations Will Affect the Baltic States

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anna Wieslander</span>

Listen to the full interview here.

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NATOSource

Apr 5, 2017

Admiral: NATO’s Standing Naval Forces are the Alliance’s ‘First Responders’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Clive Johnstone, NATO Maritime Command</span>

As a sailor, I have a particular interest in the battle of Salamis. It stands as the classic example of a small, allied but unified force acting boldly to defeat a much larger, clumsy and disorganized opponent.

Greece NATO

In the News

Apr 5, 2017

CNBC Africa Features Africa Center on Russia-Africa Relations

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >J. Peter Pham</span>

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