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NATO

This Is How Words Create War

Posted date/time:December 20, 2024

Andrey Belousov reviewing his candidacy on May 13, 2024.

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NATO

Putin’s Obsession, Ukraine’s Struggle, and the West’s Mistakes

Posted date/time:December 17, 2024

Putin and Zorkin review a 17th century map

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Democracy

In Search of Russia’s Digital Trace in Romania’s Political Crisis

Posted date/time:December 13, 2024

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Alla Polishchuk

Calin Georgescu speaks to the press on the annulment of the December 2024 elections in Romania.

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Cold War

With Syria’s Collapse Russia’s Regional Power Play Disintegrates

Posted date/time:December 9, 2024

A Poster of President Bashar Al Assad in Damascus

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Security and Defense

Putin's Strategy Tests Europe's Defense Limits

Posted date/time:December 6, 2024

young soldier shakes hand of military recruitment officer

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Democratic Transition

Georgia’s Unrest and the Country’s Long Road to Europe

Posted date/time:December 5, 2024

A crowd of protesters in front of the monument in Liberty Square in Tbilisi wave Georgian flags and EU flags.

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Human Rights

The Two Layers of Alexei Navalny

Posted date/time:November 22, 2024

Alexei Navalny at a rally in Moscow in June, 2013

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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

A Change in Leadership May End War

Posted date/time:November 15, 2024

Leaders meet at the Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland

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Democracy

The 2022 Russia-Azerbaijan Pact Makes Persecution of Azerbaijani Democracy Advocates Easier

Posted date/time:November 13, 2024

Muhammad Yunus with Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations at COP29.

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Security and Defense

Hybrid War and National Security: NATO, the US, and the West

Posted date/time:November 8, 2024

Computer Hacker with images of computer code overlaid

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