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Eurasia

The New Sudetenland And The Return Of The Truman Doctrine

There is something remarkably old-fashioned about the crisis that has broken out in the Crimea and the Eastern Ukraine. For once, there seems to be no pretence of following international law, not even a cursory attempt to justi...
by Matthew Valla
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Human Rights

Russians Wary Of Snowden Asylum

After spending six weeks ensconced in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Edward Snowden was finally permitted to leave the airport “transit zone” after he received temporary asylum in Russia for the period of one year. Slipp...
by Daniel Kennedy
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Eurasia

A brief overview and contextualization of the Ukrainian crisis

On November 21, 2013, a chain of events began which have resulted in a crisis that many consider to be the most pressing threat to global stability today. When Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych suspended involvemen...
by Cody Wooden
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Russia
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This Russian Lawmaker Thinks the US Can Take Russia Off The Internet

A deputy in the Russian parliament thinks the United States might cut off Russia’s Internet and suggests Russians take measures to get ready for the information blackout. Ilya Kostunov, the deputy in question, believes th...
by Global Voices
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Eurasia

Independent Media Could Unite A Divided Ukraine

As thousands of Ukrainians have protested against the government, the divide is deepening between the pro-European part of the population and the government supporting pro-Russians. According to Alexandra Delemenchuk, who works...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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Development

The tools of peacebuilding: Using the media to build peace in Georgia

In an earlier article, I wrote about the importance of youth participation in peacebuilding. The media is another vital component of successfully building a durable, just peace after conflict. Like any tool, the media can be us...
by Nicholas Barker
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Economy

Oil Production And The Prisoner’s Dilemma

In 2014 the geopolitics of oil production changed dramatically. Due to the recent U.S. shale boom, Saudi Arabia – the world’s largest oil exporter – lost its position as a ‘swing producer’ in the oil industry which ha...
by David Bresnahan-McRae
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Politics

How Russians Read Putin’s NYT Op-Ed on Syria

It’s not every day that the Russian President pens an opinion piece in the New York Times, but it happened yesterday, and the American blogosphere promptly lost it collective marbles, as tweeting journalists and surprised o...
by Kevin Rothrock
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Belarus

Presidents, Oligarchs and Potash: Russia’s Trade War With Belarus

At first glance, there are no truer friends than Russia and Belarus. The two states are united by a common history and have strong ethnic and linguistic links. Russia has long subsidized her neighbor with cheap oil and gas, wh...
by Daniel Kennedy
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