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Marten: Diversionary conflict [Crimea] served to distract audiences from troublesome issues at home

(Stratfor) Two momentous events marked the early part of 2014 in Eurasia: The Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi hosted the Winter Olympics, the first games in Russia since…

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Oleksandr Sushko on NATO membership and Ukraine

(Hromadske) The Ukrainian Parliament has decided to support the country embarking on a course towards joining NATO. 276 deputies voted in favour of a draft law on amendements to some legislative…

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Haran: Closure of the Ukrainian library in Moscow and persecution of its chief librarian is “symbolic”

(Ukrainian Weekly) Russia’s timeworn orchestrated efforts to denigrate Ukrainian identity and culture were on full display this week when a judge convicted the head of the country’s only state-run Ukrainian literature…

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“Putin’s Olympics” (book) is free online – Taylor & Francis sharing initiative

The book by Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov, Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia, will be open access for the next 60 days. The…

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Hope and Momentum in Ukraine

(P&P blogs) It has become commonplace to talk about nearing the "finish line" on polio eradication, but critical challenges remain along the last mile. Courageous vaccinators confront a varied array…

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Haran: Freeland’s presence at int’l gatherings was a strong boon to the Ukrainian cause

(National Post) KYIV, Ukraine — Chrystia Freeland’s journey from a rabble-rousing student intent on trying to help throw the Soviet Union out of Ukraine to becoming Canada’s foreign minister takes another…

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Eastern Borderlands as Europe-Makers: (How) Can neighbours redefine the EU?

(3DCFTAs) Abstract: A general and strategic effect of EU’s Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine has been the extension of the concept of Europe and its wider opening…

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Interview with Dubovyk: Ukraine Looks to the West as Conflict Continues

(WMOT) Ukraine has been in conflict since 2014, when President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country, and Russian troops annexed the Crimea region. Fighting has been off-and-on ever since, with Russian-armed…

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The crisis over Ukraine – three years on: Is a “grand bargain” totally ruled out?

(FIIA) An explicit “deal” between the West and Russia on Ukraine is not possible. Europe would like to reach a more pragmatic modus vivendi with Moscow, but a sustainable freezing of the conflict…

Is There a Way Out of the Minsk Agreement Deadlock?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Despite years of talks under the specter of the Minsk protocols, no rapprochement has taken place between Russia and Ukraine on the “special status” of the Donbas. In…

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Marten: Diversionary conflict [Crimea] served to distract audiences from troublesome issues at home

Oleksandr Sushko on NATO membership and Ukraine

Haran: Closure of the Ukrainian library in Moscow and persecution of its chief librarian is “symbolic”

“Putin’s Olympics” (book) is free online – Taylor & Francis sharing initiative

Hope and Momentum in Ukraine

Haran: Freeland’s presence at int’l gatherings was a strong boon to the Ukrainian cause

Eastern Borderlands as Europe-Makers: (How) Can neighbours redefine the EU?

Interview with Dubovyk: Ukraine Looks to the West as Conflict Continues

The crisis over Ukraine – three years on: Is a “grand bargain” totally ruled out?

Is There a Way Out of the Minsk Agreement Deadlock?