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The Underground Economy of Amber: A Destabilizing Threat to Ukraine

December 15, 2019December 16, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Amber, Conflict, Corruption, mining, opinion, Russia, Trade, Ukraine

Photo description: Raw amber overlapped by the Ukrainian flag (Photo credit: Hans Splinter, CC BY-ND) By Nicole Kalczynski The sociopolitical

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Part IV: Letters from the Future

April 5, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Russia, U.S. foreign Policy, war, war preparedness

by Edder Zarate This four-part series imagines the possible scenario of a future war between Russians and Western forces. In Part I,

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Soviet Jews: The Answer to the LGBTQI Chechen Crisis?

March 25, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Chechnya, Human Rights, LGBT, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S. foreign Policy

by Sushant Naidu  In 2017, Chechen authorities detained, beat, tortured, and even killed gay Chechens. In 2019, it’s happening again.

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The “Iron Curtain” is Close to Falling Over the Russian Internet and the United States Cannot Be Silent

March 1, 2019March 2, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments censorship, cyber security, freedom of speech, internet, Russia, U.S. foreign Policy

by Katherine Landes  Last week, the threat to freedom of expression, information, and privacy in Russia intensified further as the

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Lessons from the Future: Part III

February 19, 2019April 5, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments analysis, Bulgaria, Foreign Policy, Romania, Russia, strategy, Ukraine, war, Western allies

by Edder Zarate This four-part series imagines the possible scenario of a future war between Russians and Western forces. In Part

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Part II of Lessons from the Future:

February 1, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Baltic states, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Turkey, war

by Edder Zarate This four-part series imagines the possible scenario of a future war between Russians and Western forces. In

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Part I of Lessons From the Future: The Strategic Importance of Romania and Bulgaria and Turkey’s Alliance in Defeating Russia

January 25, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments allies, Global war strategy, Russia, war

by Edder Zarate This four-part series imagines the possible scenario of a future war between Russias and Western forces. In

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Three Reasons the U.S. Should Be Paying Closer Attention to Events in Ukraine

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments civil society, Cold War, International Law, Russia, sovereignty, Soviet bloc, U.S. foreign Policy, Ukraine

by Katherine Landes  In late February 2014, three months of Euromaidan protests in Kyiv’s Independence Square brought a pro-Western government

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Editors' Pick 

The Diplomacy Cable 5/15/2017

May 15, 2017 Patricia Mace 0 Comments Australia, China, Germany, Northern Ireland, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, Trump, Xi Jinping

The Diplomacy Cable With the invention of the telegraph cables in the 19th century, international consulates and embassies began sending

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The Diplomacy Cable 05/08/2017

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Patricia Mace 0 Comments Brazil, Brexit, France, Iran, Macron, peace talks, Russia, Star Wars, Syria, Tanna, Trudeau, Trump, Turkey, UK, United Nations, Yellow Fever

The Diplomacy Cable With the invention of the telegraph cables in the 19th century, international consulates and embassies began sending

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