Ukraine’s Road to Normalcy
(Center for American Progress) After three months of interim rule, Ukraine once again has a democratically elected president at the helm. Petro Poroshenko, a 48-year-old billionaire, won an easy victory…
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Achieving Unity in Ukraine
(CAP) The events of the past week in Ukraine have raised the specter of expanded Russian military intervention, political upheaval, and civil war. Moscow’s reputation in much of the country…
Orttung, Welt: Russia’s Land Grab Creates New Geopolitical World
(Postmedia News) The West had seen Russia coming for a long time, but had hoped – vainly as it turns out – that somehow closer ties with liberal democracies would strengthen the…
Responding to Russia’s Illegal Military Incursion in Ukraine
(Co-author: Rudy deLeon) Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine has been neither legal nor remotely justifiable. It has alienated Russia in the international community, and its persistence will lead to even…
Resolving the Ukraine Crisis
“As church bells ring tonight amidst the smoke in the streets of Kyiv, the United States stands with the people of Ukraine.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made this…
Ukraine’s Euromaidan: Now Comes the Hard Part
(Center for American Progress) After four weeks of mass protests, the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev may be running out of steam. The bailout agreement of cheap…
Georgia’s Presidential Election
(World Politics Review) On Oct. 27, voters in Georgia picked Giorgi Margvelashvili to replace outgoing President Mikheil Saakashvili, affirming the prominence of the Georgian Dream party, which ousted Saakashvili’s United National…
American Expert: No EU Countermeasures Should Be Expected Toward Armenia
(ARKA News Agency) No countermeasures should be expected in response to Armenia’s decision to join the Customs Union, Professor of Elliott School of International Affairs Cory Welt said, as quoted…
Again Citizenship Rules Banning Electoral Contenders in Georgia? Really?
One would think that Georgia’s government would be wary of banning presidential candidates on the basis of ambiguous citizenship laws. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili was unceremoniously stripped of his Georgian…
Reactions to Obama’s Decision to Cancel Summit with Putin in September
(The Monkey Cage) Earlier today the White House announced that President Obama would cancel his planned September summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here are some thoughts on this decision from my colleagues at PONARS Eurasia: Kimberly Marten, Barnard…