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April 25, 2008
Elizabeth Fuller, Analyst, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Elizabeth Fuller, an expert on Georgian affairs, says Russia may be promoting joint states as a solution to some frozen conflicts in its sphere of influence.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Sovereignty
April 25, 2008
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Daily Analysis
Russia stirs concern with gestures toward two Georgian breakaway provinces. Moscow’s moves follow Kosovo’s secession and NATO expansion promises.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Kosovo, NATO
April 7, 2008
Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Charles A. Kupchan, professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, says the just-concluded NATO summit illustrates the changes taking place in the alliance, where it will become increasingly difficult to reach agreements on issues.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Ukraine, NATO
January 7, 2008
Elizabeth Fuller, Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Elizabeth Fuller, an expert on Georgian affairs for RFE/RL, says Georgia’s president faces significant problems despite his apparent win in recent presidential elections.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Elections
November 9, 2007
Elizabeth Fuller, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Elizabeth Fuller, an expert on Georgian affairs for RFE/RL, says the large protests in Georgia challenge Western notions that President Mikheil Saakashvili is a “model democrat.”
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Democracy and Human Rights, Elections, International Organizations
March 12, 2007
Daily Analysis
Chechnya is rebuilding after years of war, but a new local strongman with Kremlin backing has exacerbated ongoing human rights concerns.
See more in Chechnya, Human Rights
December 20, 2006
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This paper from the German Marshall Fund of the United States notes Georgia's better performance compared to Ukraine in two key areas of reform: improving the rule of law and battling corruption. The paper says that Ukraine’s failure to capitalize on the hopes raised by the ‘Orange Revolution’ has been highlighted by the recent Nato summit in Riga, where it became plain that plans to fast track Ukraine’s NATO membership application have been shelved indefinitely.
See more in Georgia, Ukraine, Business & Foreign Policy, Rule of Law
December 19, 2006
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At PINR, Marcel de Haas reports on current geostrategy in the South Caucasus.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed., Energy Security
October 4, 2006
Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Stephen Sestanovich, a Clinton administration expert on the former Soviet Union, says the crisis between Russia and Georgia plays to deep-seated fears in both countries and could build to the point where confrontations are not fully controlled.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed.
Updated: October 4, 2006
Daily Analysis
Russia has severed transport links with Georgia as the most serious row in years between the two sides deepens. The move follows Georgia’s temporary seizure of Russian military officers, a mark of Tbilisi’s frustration over Russian policy in the region.
See more in Georgia, Russian Fed.
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Responsibility to Protect (5/15): Stewart Patrick urges the U.S., Britain, and France to submit a U.N. resolution insisting on immediate humanitarian access in Burma, in the Baltimore Sun.
Global Health (5/14): Michael Gerson urges the Senate to reauthorize PEPFAR, in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
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In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
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