Kyrgyzstan’s Eastward Slide
August 10, 2015 5 min. read

NGOs, aid workers and human rights groups will be the first to feel the wrath of Krygyzstan’s eastward slide.

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Russia and the World are not on Good Terms
August 5, 2015 4 min. read

Russia and Putin are projecting an image to the world that isn’t winning it many friends.

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Russian NGO Laws Deliver Another Blow
July 22, 2015 2 min. read

Russia’s foreign NGO laws have delivered another hit — this time to one of the U.S.’s largest foundations.

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Russian Missile Sale and Iran’s Rearmament
July 21, 2015 3 min. read

The sale of arms and ballistic missiles to Iran by Russia will likely become the first point of contention linked directly to the text of the deal.

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Putin’s Strategy is Divide and Conquer
July 20, 2015 6 min. read

Putin’s goal is to sow dissent and discord within Europe’s ranks and erode the unity of the EU.

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Searching for—and Broadcasting—a New Gospel
July 20, 2015 6 min. read

A recent book examines the struggle in today’s Russia for what and whom to believe in.

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If Europe is from Venus, then Russia is from Mars
July 19, 2015 15 min. read

European policy that is being made in regards to the Russian aggression toward Ukraine is based on the same premise: There is no military solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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The Diplomatic Erosion of the SALT II Treaty: Russia Builds a New ICBM
July 7, 2015 2 min. read

The threat of nuclear war was diminished greatly in the early 1980s after the SALT II treaty between the United States and Soviet Union created an agreed upon reduction of nuclear arms.

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Maritime and Cyber Security Lessons From Before World War I
June 30, 2015 5 min. read

Is the U.S. accidentally preparing for World War I again? In this two-part series, leading thinkers from a prior era of globalization instruct us on maritime and cyber security today.

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In Ukraine, Peace Should First be Made with Words
June 24, 2015 5 min. read

If there is one commonality bridging the gap between East and West over Ukraine, it’s the overzealous usage of empathic words to signal one side’s resilience and self-righteousness in the face of the other’s perceived aggression.

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The Slow Drift Towards a New Cold War
June 22, 2015 2 min. read

A further reversal of the integration and cultural exchanges between Russia, Central Europe and Western Europe that took place after 1989 came about this week when the United States announced it would station added military forces in countries near the Russian border.

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