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Syrian Displacement Set To Become Aggravated

October 7, 2013, Kemal Kirişci and Ali E. Erol

Germany's Decision: Post-Election Analysis

October 4, 2013

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Islam and Social Democrats: Integrating Europe's Muslim Minority

Fall 2013, Jonathan Laurence

German Election: A Vote That Will Change Europe

September 23, 2013, Carlo Bastasin

Turkey's Syria Calculus Must Change Again

September 23, 2013, Kemal Kirişci

Austerity and Growth Debate in the U.S. and Europe

September 19, 2013

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Syrian Crisis: Massive Displacement, Dire Needs and a Shortage of Solutions

September 18, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Kemal Kirişci and Salman Shaikh

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Lessons in Communication from Vladimir Putin

September 14, 2013, Fiona Hill

Putin Takes Center Stage in Syria Crisis

September 12, 2013, Steven Pifer

Putin Blasts US, American Exceptionalism in Op-Ed

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill

How Did Putin Get the Upper Hand on Syria?

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill

If we think about this as judo, which is of course Mr. Putin's favorite sport, this is just one set of moves. And right now, he's managed to get Obama off the mat, at least, and get the terms set down that play to his advantage.

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill, CNN

Vladimir Putin's Stance on U.S. Military Action in Syria

September 12, 2013, Fiona Hill

The German Federal Election: Foreign and Economic Issues

September 10, 2013

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[Putin]'s probably the most formidable adversary America has seen in quite a while. He's clever and duplicitous, very skilled at playing people's own weaknesses and blunders against them — skills he honed as a KGB case officer.

September 9, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy, Business Insider

How Judo and KGB Tactics Inform Putin's Diplomatic Strategy

September 7, 2013, Fiona Hill

Syrie: Poutine profite des divisions occidentals

September 6, 2013, Clifford G. Gaddy

Russian President Putin Scores on Syria

September 6, 2013, Fiona Hill

What is Putin's Goal in Syria?

September 5, 2013, Fiona Hill

Obama Says He'll Continue to Engage Putin

September 4, 2013, Fiona Hill

U.S.-Russian Arms Control in the Absence of a Summit

September 4, 2013, Steven Pifer

Turkey and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Promise and Pitfalls

September 3, 2013

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No Way To Launch a War in Syria...or a Punitive Action

September 3, 2013, Steven Pifer

Syria might still come up, but it won't dominate the G-20 agenda as it might have had there been a military strike.

September 2, 2013, Angela Stent, USA Today

Turkey and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Boosting the Model Partnership with the United States

September 2013, Kemal Kirişci