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Russian President Vladimir Putin

NATOSource

May 13, 2014

Europeans Dither on Defense While Putin Laughs

By John Vinocur, Wall Street Journal

On one hand, there are European countries reasonably bemoaning years of declining American leadership and resolve.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

New Atlanticist

May 12, 2014

The Other Referendum in Eastern Ukraine

By Irena Chalupa

Amid the big news of the secessionist referendum in Donetsk and Luhansk, a second plebiscite, less noticed, asked voters in 14 districts whether they would prefer not to secede from those provinces, to remain part of Ukraine and under the rule of Kyiv.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

May 12, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 12

By Irena Chalupa

Ukraine: Part of America’s “Vital Interests”? from The National Interest The Battle in Ukraine Means Everything Fascism returns to the country it once destroyed from The New Republic  Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself from The Daily Beast The Twitter War: Social Media’s Role in Ukraine Unrest Social media networks […]

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REUTERS/Baz Ratner

UkraineAlert

May 12, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: ‘How I Voted – Four Times – Against the Donetsk People’s Republic’

By Irena Chalupa

Russian-Sponsored Rebels Hold a ‘Referendum’ on Separation from Ukraine, But a Local Journalist Finds It a Farce Donetsk resident Ihnat Svyachyshyn sets off to vote in the May 11 Donetsk separatist referendum. He asks his neighbors, a couple in their mid-twenties to join him but they refuse. While they support a federalization of political power […]

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REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

New Atlanticist

May 12, 2014

How Eastern Ukraine’s Chaotic ‘Referendum’ Might Reduce the Immediate Risk of War

By James Rupert

To Undercut Separatists, Kyiv Should Now Propose a Pro-Democratic Decentralization of Power Eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian militants say yesterday’s chaotic simulation of a referendum gives them a popular mandate to secede from Ukraine. That claim, of course, won’t be taken seriously beyond the camp of the separatists and their Russian backers. But that exercise, along with […]

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Russian Presiden Vladimir Putin in Crimea, May 9, 2014

NATOSource

May 12, 2014

The Battle in Ukraine Means Everything

By Timothy Snyder, New Republic

The territory of today’s Ukraine can very easily be placed within every major epoch of the European past.

Europe & Eurasia
European Union

In the News

May 12, 2014

Herbst: Future Sanctions Against Russia Could Impact European Economies

By John Herbst

US News and World Report quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the independence referendum held in eastern Ukraine:

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Ukraine

In the News

May 12, 2014

Koranyi: South Stream Pipeline Depends on EU-Russia Energy Relationship

By David Koranyi

Natural Gas Europe quotes Eurasia Center Deputy Director David Koranyi on challenges facing the South Stream pipeline:

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Ukraine

In the News

May 11, 2014

Herbst on Eastern Ukraine Independence Referendum

By John Herbst

Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins CNBC to discuss the independence referendum held in Eastern Ukraine and why the results do not reflect general opinion in the region:

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Ukraine

In the News

May 10, 2014

Slavin on Violence in Ukraine, Rebel Evacuation of Homs

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss Syria, Ukraine, Nigeria, and climate change:

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Syria

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