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2013

Kurilla, Ivan and Cory Welt. "Don't Give Up on the U.S.-Russian Reset." The National Interest. 29 Mar. 2013.

Kurilla, Ivan and Charles Sullivan. "The Main Event in U.S.-Russian Relations." Vedomosti. 8 May 2013.

Mylonas, Harris. "Wither Nation-Building?" e-International Relations. 8 May 2013.

Orttung, Robert and Christopher Walker. "News By and For the Authorities." International Herald Tribune. 5 Apr. 2013.

Ratelle, Jean-Francois. "Boston: 2e suspect toujours recherche: Entrevue avec Jean-Francois Ratelle." Radio Canada. 19 Apr. 2013. [In French]

Ratelle, Jean-Francois. "The Chechen Connection." CBC. 19 Apr. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Cyprus is Coming for Your Savings." US News & World Report. 18 Mar. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Cyprus Trod Where None Had Dared." US News & World Report. 25 Mar. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Estonia's Lessons in Cyberwarfare." US News & World Report. 14 Jan. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Is This the End for Eurozone Austerity?" US News & World Report. 6 May 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Italy Must Vote for the Future, Not the Past, in Today's Election." US News & World Report. 25 Feb. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Personal Reflections on Thatcher's Legacy." US News & World Report. 16 Apr. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly About the Global Economy." US News & World Report. 13 May 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "To EU or Not to EU?" US News & World Report. 8 Apr. 2013.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Why Can't the West Govern Itself?" US News & World Report. 4 Mar. 2013.

Snetkov, Aglaya. "Reset: A New Cold War?" The Current. CBC Radio. 13 May 2013 [part 2].

Welt, Cory. "But on Balance, and Despite All the Drama, it's Been a Decent Start." IPN Georgia. 22 Mar. 2013.

Welt, Cory. "The Boston Marathon Attack, the North Caucasus, and U.S.-Russian Relations." Center for American Progress. 22 Apr. 2013.

Welt, Cory. "What's the Deal with Russia?" KNPR Nevada Public Radio. 11 Feb. 2013.

Zhemukhov, Sufian. "'Resting' at the Black Sea: Russia's Latest Military Maneuvers." PONARS Eurasia Policy Blog. 12 Apr. 2013.

Zhemukhov, Sufian. "The New Insurgents of Our Era." PONARS Eurasia Policy Blog. 22 Apr. 2013.

 

2012

Farrell, Henry. "Power and Voting in the European Central Bank." The Monkey Cage. 15 Nov. 2012.

Feigenbaum, Harvey B. "The German Ideology." Le Monde Diplomatique. 25 May 2012.

Hintz, Lisel. "Reading Turkish Politics from a Soap Opera." The Middle East Channel, Foreign Policy. 7 Dec. 2012.

Lagadec, Erwan. "La realite n'est pas celle du declin de l'Occident et du triomphe des BRICS" ["Current trends do not spell the West's decline and the triumph of the BRICS"]. Le Monde. 19 Jun. 2012.

Mylonas, Harris. "Pre-Election Report: 2012 Greek Parliamentary Election." The Monkey Cage. 5 May 2012.

Mylonas, Harris. "Eurozone Reforms Still Captive to Local Politics." Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. 31 May 2012.

Mylonas, Harris and Akis Georgakellos. "Greece's Elections and Its Aftermath." The Utopian Blog. 9 May 2012.

Mylonas, Harris and Emirhan Yorulmazlar. "Regional Multilateralism: The Next Paradigm in Global Affairs." CNN Global Public Square. 14 Jan. 2012.

Nilsson, Niklas. "Georgia's Parliamentary Elections a Surprise to Most Observers." Baltic Worlds. 10 Oct. 2012.

Nilsson, Niklas. "Overraskande valseger kan starka Georgiens Natoambitioner" ["Surprising Election Victory Could Strengthen Georgia's NATO Ambitions"] Ui-bloggen, Swedish Institute of International Affairs. 11 Oct. 2012. [In Swedish]

Nilsson, Niklas and Svante E. Cornell. "Prospects and Pitfalls after Georgia's Elections." Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst. Vol. 14, No. 17, 4 Oct. 2012.

Orttung, Robert and Christopher Walker. "As Russia Prepares for Protests, New Media Battle the Old." Freedom House. 2 Feb. 2012.

Orttung, Robert. "Will Ukraine Produce Shale Gas?" Zerkalo nedeli. 20-27 Jan.2012. [In Russian] [In Ukrainian]

Paxson, Margaret. "What is Peace?" Aeon Magazine . 6 Dec. 2012.

Reddaway, Peter and Stephen F. Cohen. "Dishonoring Stalin's Victims." The Nation. 11 Jun. 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Could Turkey Be a Super Power?" US News & World Report. 6 Nov. 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Global Tectonic Shifts." Huffington Post College. 9 May 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Greece Leaving the Eurozone Would Be a Disaster." US News & World Report Debate Club. 16 May 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Mario Monti Should Be Italian Prime Minister Again." US News & World Report. 31 Dec. 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Putin's Russia Won't Achieve Super Power Status." US News & World Report. 31 Oct. 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Monti, and Italy's Coming Elections." US News & World Report. 17 Dec. 2012.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "What the European Union Must Do Post-Nobel Prize ." US News & World Report. 22 Oct. 2012.

Rybiy, Olena. "2012 Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine: Balancing on the Edge." e-International Relations. 13 Dec. 2012.

Welt, Cory. "Russia and Georgia--an Interrupted Dialogue." Valdai Discussion Club. 16 Apr. 2012.

 

2011

Farrell, Henry. "Zoned." The Nation. 12 Dec. 2011. [Review of David Marquand, The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe].

Hale, Henry E. "4 Myths of Russia's Party System." The Moscow Times. 24 Jul. 2011.

Hale, Henry E. "'No Prospects' for Imminent Karabakh Resolution." News.Az. 6 Jul. 2011.

Hale, Henry E. "Partiinaia sistema v Rossii: Chetyre mifa" ("Russia's Party System: Four Myths"). Vedomosti. No 130, 18 Jul. 2011.

Harrison, Hope M. In "Berlin Wall is Gone, but Mental Barriers Remain." Judy Dempsey. The New York Times. 8 Aug. 2011.

Harrison, Hope M. "Eine Deutsche Angelegenheit" ("A German Matter"). Die Welt. 11 Aug. 2011.

Harrison, Hope M. "New Evidence on the Building of the Berlin Wall." Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars e-Dossier No. 23. Aug. 2011.

Harrison, Hope M. In "Recalling When a Wall Split a City Apart." Nicholas Kulish. The New York Times. 12 Aug. 2011.

Harrison, Hope M. In "50 Years On: Getting Over the 'Wall of Shame'." Stuart Braun. Al Jazeera. 13 Aug. 2011.

Kavakci, Merve. "Debates About Muslim Women Alter Their Lives." The Washington Post. 28 Apr. 2011.

Kavakci, Merve. "Burqa Ban in France." KQED Radio. 13 Apr. 2011.

Kudelia, Serhiy. "US analyst: 'Post-Soviet conflicts may become a matter of violent confrontation once a multilateral diplomacy runs its course'." Azerbaijani Press Agency. 12 Dec. 2011.

Liaras, Evan and Harris Mylonas. "What Really Went Wrong in Greece?" CNN Global Public Square. 20 Nov. 2011.

Mylonas, Harris. "Analysis of Greece's Cabinet Reshuffle." CNN Global Public Square. 17 Jun. 2011.

Mylonas Harris and Thomas Meaney. "Greece's Legitimacy Crisis." CNN.com. 3 Nov. 2011.

Mylonas Harris and Thomas Meaney. "Is Greece Being Reckless or Bold?" CNN Global Public Square. 2 Nov. 2011.

Mylonas, Harris. "The End of Peaceful Protest?" Ekathimerini.com. 5 Jul. 2011.

Mylonas, Harris and Stephen B. Kaplan. "From Possibility to Austerity." Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review. 1 Apr. 2011.

Mylonas, Harris and Wilder Bullard. "This Is No 1989 for the Arab World." The Guardian. 8 Feb. 2011.

Orttung, Robert and Christopher Walker. " From Revolution to Democracy: As Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan have shown, the hard part in Egypt and Tunisia begins now." Wall Street Journal Europe. 7 Mar. 2011.

Orttung, Robert and Christopher Walker. "Lies and Videotape." The New York Times. 22 Apr. 2011.

Orttung, Robert and Christopher Walker. "Russia's Revolution Won't Be Televised." Freedom House Blog. 30 Nov. 2011.

Pifer, Steven. "Undemocratic Values Will Isolate Ukraine." Kyiv Post. 28 Jul. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Bruce Johnson Talks Economy with Dr. Rehman." WUSA9, Washington. 6 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Greece and the European Debt Crisis." The Diane Rehm Show, National Public Radio. 30 Jun. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Italy and Spain/Euro Debt Crisis and the US Credit Downgrade." Voice of Russia Radio. 6 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "No Clear Path Forward for Eurozone as Economic Woes Continue." PBS Newshour with Judy Woodruff. 16 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "Riots in England/Debt Crisis in Europe." The Diane Rehm Show, National Public Radio. 11 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "S&P Drops US Credit Rating." Voice of Russia. 8 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "What Washington Can Do To Boost the Economy." WCVB, Boston. 10 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "US Stock Market Forecast with Dr. Scheherazade Rehman." WUSA9, Washington. 7 Aug. 2011.

Rehman, Scheherazade. "US Credit Rating Downgraded: Interview." WUSA9, Washington. 5 Aug. 2011.

Sorel, Eliot, M.D. "The U.N.'s Unfortunate Exclusion." Psychiatric News. 7 Oct. 2011.

Welt, Cory. "Azerbaijan Does Not Need to Worry about Some Kind of Turkish 'Betrayal'." 4 Nov. 2011.

Welt, Cory. "'South Caucasus Continues to Be One of Main Priorities of US Foreign Policy.'" News.Az. 2 May 2011.

Welt, Cory. "US Expert: 'It Is Too Early to Think about Russia-US Security Cooperation in the South Caucasus'." Azerbaijani Press Agency. 21 Apr. 2011.

2010

Hale, Henry. " Henry E Hale: Azerbaijan is Very Important to USA as Ally."APA. 23 Mar. 2010.

Mylonas, Harris. " An Iniquitous System." Kathimerini. 2 Jul. 2010. [In Greek]

Mylonas, Harris and Elpida Vogli. "Co-ethnics, Immigrants, and the Electoral Law." Kathimerini. 21 Jan. 2010. [In Greek]

Mylonas, Harris and Eric Grynaviski. "A Declaration of Dependence?" Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review. 22 Dec. 2010.

Mylonas, Harris and James Raymond Vreeland. "Does the Eurozone Need its Own Monetary Fund?"The National. 4 Apr. 2010.

Mylonas, Harris and Scott Radnitz. "Stopping Ethnic Cleansing in Kyrgyzstan." Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review. 23 Jun. 2010.

Mylonas, Harris and Thomas Meaney. "Greece's Crisis, Germany's Gain."Los Angeles Times. 15 Mar. 2010.

Welt, Cory. "Analyst Cory Welt: The United States should call for Yerevan to pursue a withdrawal from Azerbaijani territories in parallel with normalization with Turkey."APA. 28 Apr. 2010.

Welt, Cory and Samuel Charap. "How to Resolve the Georgia Conflict." The Moscow Times. 16 Dec. 2010.

2009

Goldgeier, James M. "Twenty Years after the Fall."The Washington Times. 8 Nov. 2009.

Goldgeier, James M. "U.S. Politics and the Fall of the Berlin Wall." Politico. 9 Nov. 2009.

Mylonas, Harris and Thomas Meaney. "The Name Game." Foreign Policy. 23 Jul. 2009.