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We Are Losing Hearts and Minds in the Former Soviet Empire

(Newsweek) (Co-author: J. Zavisca) The United States has a major public relations problem in former Soviet countries. Not only in Russia, but in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and even Ukraine, ordinary people see…

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New Policy Memo: From “Hybrid War” to “Hybrid Peace”: One More “Frozen Conflict?”

(Co-author: Petro Burkovsky) Since the Minsk II negotiations of February 2015, Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic community have leaned toward freezing the conflict in the Donbas as a possible “exit strategy” and…

From “Hybrid War” to “Hybrid Peace”: One More “Frozen Conflict”?

Since the Minsk II negotiations of February 2015, Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic community have leaned toward freezing the conflict in the Donbas as a possible “exit strategy” and way to…

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The Air Tragedy That Condemned Putin’s Russia

(EDM) It was a year ago last Friday (July 17) that the Boeing 777 Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a missile…

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New Policy Memo: Why Central Asia is More Stable than Eastern Europe: The Domestic Impact of Geopolitics

In the early 1990s, scholars, journalists, and political observers predicted that the new Central Asian states would descend into chaos and break apart. More than 20 years later, Central Asia’s…

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Gorenburg: By 2014, Ukraine’s combat-ready force was a mere 6,000

(Miami Herald) Days after Russia took over Crimea last year, Ukrainian teenager “Maley” contacted his local army recruitment office to sign up. His calls went unanswered for weeks, so he…

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Haran: Putin afraid of democracy in Ukraine

(news.com.au) It’s been 18 months since Russian President Putin launched an attack onEastern Ukraine, using the idea of “separatist forces” as cover for a Russian invasion. Seeing the war and…

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Charap: Jury is out on Ukraine financial reforms

(Buzzfeed) Ukrainian officials wanted to make one thing very clear during a visit to the United States this week: we are open for business and we are nothing like Greece.“There…

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New Book: Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia

(PECOP) Prior to 1989, the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR lacked genuine employer and industry associations. After the collapse of communism, industry associations mushroomed throughout the region. Duvanova…

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Six Reasons Why Russia Should be Recognized as a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine

(Wilson Center) The fluctuating intensity of warfare in the Donbas region should be seen neither as a step toward freezing the conflict nor toward achieving a lasting peace. While Russia…

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We Are Losing Hearts and Minds in the Former Soviet Empire

New Policy Memo: From “Hybrid War” to “Hybrid Peace”: One More “Frozen Conflict?”

From “Hybrid War” to “Hybrid Peace”: One More “Frozen Conflict”?

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Haran: Putin afraid of democracy in Ukraine

Charap: Jury is out on Ukraine financial reforms

New Book: Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia

Six Reasons Why Russia Should be Recognized as a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine