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Blinken’s Debut in Ukraine: A Case for Managing Expectations (Part One)
Antony Blinken is visiting Kyiv today (May 6) on his first bilateral visit as US Secretary of State to a European country (Ukraiynska Pravda, May... MORE
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Eastern Approaches – The Maritime Dimension of the Russia-Ukraine Confrontation: A View from the Ukrainian Navy
In the latest episode of Eastern Approaches, Jamestown President Glen Howard and retired Ukrainian Admiral Ihor Kabanenko discuss ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Capturing... MORE
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Minsk Is Trying to Unfreeze Relations With West, Ukraine
Aside from the April 22 Russia-Belarus summit, which did not turn out to be groundbreaking, three other stories have dominated news headlines pertaining to Belarus... MORE
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Ukraine Teams up With Qatar in the Gas Sector
On April 5, Ukraine’s acting minister of energy, Yuriy Vitrenko, and his Qatari counterpart, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) on... MORE
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Muted Georgian Response to Military Situation Around Ukraine
According to Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, Tbilisi is ready to return Ambassador Teimuraz Sharashenidze to Kyiv. The diplomat was recalled from Ukraine last year,... MORE
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Russia Effectively Seizes Control of Sea of Azov, Threatening Ukraine
The international community has focused on Moscow’s buildup of forces on land adjoining Ukraine, concerned that such a concentration of Russian military power will be... MORE
Jamestown President Glen E. Howard Quoted by WSJ: Is Russian Military Buildup Against Ukraine Part of a Coercion Campaign?
Jamestown President Glen E. Howard was quoted in an article today in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing Russian military buildup on the border... MORE
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Moscow Moving 15 Warships From Caspian Sea to Waters off Ukraine
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today (April 13) that Moscow is sending 15 naval vessels from its Caspian Flotilla to waters off Ukraine to... MORE
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Penned in on Multiple International Issues, Putin Strives to Show Resolve on Ukraine
Putting military pressure on Ukraine could have seemed to the Russian leadership to be the most practical way to assert Moscow’s central role in international... MORE
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‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Normandy Without Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron conferred, on March 30, by video-conference on multiple international issues, including the... MORE