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May 21, 2018

Oosterveld and Morales Salto-Weis in MarketWatch: Will Italy’s Next Government Try to Pull it Out of the Euro?

By Bart Oosterveld

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Italy

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May 20, 2018

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Promoting Gas as a Catalyst to Energy Transformation

By Charles Ellinas

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Southern & Southeastern Europe

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2018

Italy May Soon Be Led by an Anti-EU, Pro-Putin Coalition

By Nick Ottens

Italy’s populist Five Star Movement and the League have finalized a coalition agreement that challenges the consensus of the European Union (EU). There are still a couple of hurdles to be cleared: the parties have yet to agree on a candidate for prime minister and supporters of the Five Star Movement are voting in an […]

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May 18, 2018

Bryza in EurActive: Cyprus Energy – Averting a US-Turkey Crisis

By Matthew Bryza

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Southern & Southeastern Europe

New Atlanticist

May 16, 2018

Basque Terrorist Group ETA Disbands, Ending Decades of Violence

By Alvaro Morales Salto-Weis

One of Europe’s longest terrorist campaigns is finally over. The dissolution of Basque separatist group ETA puts an end to the use of deadly violence for political goals in Spain, namely, establishing an independent nationalist state in the country’s Basque region. Like the Good Friday Agreement that sealed the peace process in Northern Ireland in […]

Southern & Southeastern Europe

EnergySource

Apr 27, 2018

Croatian LNG terminal: Now or never?

By David Koranyi

The planned Croatian liquified natural gas (LNG) import terminal is a critical, if yet unrealized, piece of the Central and Eastern European energy security puzzle. If constructed, the terminal would provide a gateway for LNG to reach landlocked markets in the region, thus creating competition for Russian gas and ensuring access to alternative supplies in […]

Geopolitics & Energy Security Oil and Gas

In the News

Apr 16, 2018

Braw in Defense One: For Not-Quite-Wars, Italy Has a Useful Alternative to Traditional Troops

By Elisabeth Braw

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Italy

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Apr 12, 2018

Bryza Quoted in The Economist on Turkey and Greece Ratcheting up Tension

By Matthew Bryza

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Greece Turkey

In the News

Apr 5, 2018

Carpenter Joins UN Dispatch to Discuss Russian Meddling in Bosnia.

By Michael Carpenter

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The Balkans

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 […]

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