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In the News

Apr 19, 2014

Nurick on US Policy Towards Russia

By Robert Nurick

The New York Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Nurick on what an updated United States foreign policy strategy regarding Russia may look like: 

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Unidentified gunmen at Simferopol Airport, Feb. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 18, 2014

Putin’s Way of War and NATO’s Article Five

By Janine Davidson, Council on Foreign Relations

NATO countries have been reluctant to provide support to Ukraine’s military, who is not a member of the transatlantic alliance and therefore not entitled to a collective defensive response under NATO’s Article Five.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, April 17, 2014

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Apr 18, 2014

Stop Blaming NATO for Putin’s Provocations

By James Goldgeier, New Republic

The principal problem with the argument against NATO enlargement is that it never offers an alternative beyond leaving Europe frozen in time in 1989.

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An armed man in Slaviansk, Ukraine April 16, 2014

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Apr 18, 2014

NATO Military Commander: Evidence Proves Russian Forces Already in Ukraine

By Philip M. Breedlove, Allied Command Operations

It’s hard to fathom that groups of armed men in masks suddenly sprang forward from the population in eastern Ukraine and systematically began to occupy government facilities. It’s hard to fathom because it’s simply not true.

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In the News

Apr 17, 2014

Karatnycky on Russian Funding of Separatist Groups

By Adrian Karatnycky

Voice of America quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on Ukraine’s announcement that Russian banks are funding separatist groups in eastern Ukraine: 

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New Atlanticist

Apr 17, 2014

Amid Chaos, a Humiliating and Dangerous Defeat for Ukraine

By Irena Chalupa

In Russia’s takeover of southeast Ukraine – which President Vladimir Putin is characterizing as a recovery of old Russian provinces lost in the 1920s – this week’s ineffectiveness and weakness of Ukraine’s government and armed forces are visible almost everywhere.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 17, 2014

Slocombe: Send US Military Aid to Ukraine, But Expect Battlefield Results to Take Time

By Irena Chalupa and James Rupert

The United States should provide military aid to Ukraine but should understand that the strength it lends the government in Kyiv will be more political than military, at least in the short run, says Former Undersecretary of Defense Walter Slocombe. As the Obama administration has limited its assistance to “non-lethal” supplies such as rations and […]

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NATOSource

Apr 17, 2014

Canada Sending Six Fighter Jets for NATO Operation in Eastern Europe

By Hannah Thibedeau, CBC News

Canada is sending six CF-18s and military personnel to assist NATO in operations in Eastern Europe.

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In the News

Apr 17, 2014

Benitez on Whether the Geneva Deal Will Solve the Ukraine Crisis

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez joins CCTV to discuss whether the deal reached in Geneva will help solve the crisis in Ukraine: 

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In the News

Apr 17, 2014

Hansen: “Putin’s Great Game Defies International Norms”

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for New Eastern Europe on the consequences of Russia’s interference in Ukraine:

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