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In the News

Jun 9, 2016

Braw in The American Interest: Russia’s Spy-Swapping Obsession

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Elisabeth Braw</span>

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2016

NATO Enlargement Seen About Filling Gaps

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ashish Kumar Sen</span>

Montenegro’s defense minister, Milica Pejanović-Đurišić, has some advice for countries aspiring to join NATO: explain to partners and friends the importance of alliance membership from a political standpoint. Pejanović-Đurišić is well positioned to give such advice. In December 2015, NATO extended an invitation to Montenegro to begin accession talks and become the twenty-ninth member of […]

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In the News

Jun 7, 2016

Brzezinski Quoted by EU Observer on Russia’s Reaction to NATO Exercises in Poland

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ian Brzezinski</span>

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NATO Russia

In the News

Jun 6, 2016

Farkas Joins Voice of America to Discuss Russia and Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Evelyn Farkas</span>

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Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jun 6, 2016

Farkas Quoted by Bloomberg on US Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Evelyn Farkas</span>

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2016

NATO’s Warsaw Summit: ‘Failure is Not an Option’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mitch Hulse</span>

NATO’s Warsaw summit in July is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in the alliance’s history, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow said on June 3 while noting the growing challenges on Europe’s southern and eastern flanks. “We face one of the most challenging security environments in decades,” Vershbow said. “We have […]

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In the News

Jun 3, 2016

Morningstar Quoted by APA on the Future of Russian Energy Supplies to Europe

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Richard L. Morningstar</span>

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Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

Issue Brief

Jun 3, 2016

Countering Russian aggression in Eastern Europe

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >JONATHAN P. DUNNE</span>

The past decade has witnessed a marked increase in Russian aggression and assertiveness. Many Eastern European nations, the Baltic States in particular, have recognized this disturbing and fundamental change in the European security environment and are responding both nationally and multilaterally. In “Countering Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe,” Jonathan P. Dunne, the Scowcroft Center’s US […]

Eastern Europe NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 2, 2016

Polish Foreign Minister Seeks ‘Substantial’ NATO Buildup on Europe’s Eastern Flank

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ashish Kumar Sen</span>

NATO should undertake a “substantial” military buildup in Poland and the Baltic States to address the challenge posed by an “aggressive” and “revisionist” Russia, Poland’s Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said on June 2. “NATO’s keyword should be deterrence…not as an offensive measure, but rather as the most effective and, in fact, only instrument of peacebuilding,” […]

Eastern Europe NATO

EconoGraphics

Jun 1, 2016

Not The Time to Falter: Economic Sanctions Against Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alvaro Morales Salto Weis</span>

As the European Union (EU) prepares to unanimously extend its economic sanctions on Russia when they expire on July, it is a good opportunity to take a closer look. After Russia´s illegal annexation of Crimea and interference in Eastern Ukraine, the U.S. and the EU enacted economic sanctions in a coordinated manner, which were followed by other Allies and partners like Canada and Australia.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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