Europe's Edge
Re-examining the Soviet legacy in Europe
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November 14, 2017
Learning From The Past
Re-examining the Soviet legacy in Europe
November 7, 2017
Piecing Together The Kremlin’s Puzzle
Here’s a puzzle. Russia bullies its neighbors, but not systematically enough to subdue them. It interferes in other countries’ politics, but the results are fragmentary and disappointing.
November 6, 2017
Russia’s Historical Distortions
In Russia, history is not an objective record of events but an instrument to strengthen the regime. A century ago, an armed group of Bolsheviks staged a coup d’état in Russia’s capital, Petrograd, and proceeded to seize all state institutions and eradicate political rivals. This power grab by a small communist faction was depicted in Soviet propaganda as the “Great October Proletarian Revolution.” In reality, the coup was not a revolution, the Russian proletariat did not lead it, and according to the widely used Gregorian calendar it did not even happen in October.
November 6, 2017
Moscow’s Balkan Front
The Kosova offensive
October 30, 2017
The Kremlin’s 20 Toxic Tactics
We over-focus on easy-to-see Kremlin propaganda, especially in English and other Western languages. This must stop.
October 24, 2017
Notes From The Disinformation Front
My conversation in all three Baltic states focused overwhelmingly on the need to counter Russian information warfare.
October 18, 2017
Winter is Coming
In the summer of 2017 the Center for European Policy Analysis sent Colin Dueck on a listening tour of the Baltics to interview diplomatic, military and economic government officials in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on the subject of Russia’s long-term challenge to these countries, their national responses and related NATO and U.S. policies. He reports back that winter is coming and the Baltic states, as well as the United States, cannot afford to ignore their restless neighbor to the East.
October 10, 2017
Catalonia is not Kosova
All eyes are now on the Catalonian independence movement, including Moscow’s.
October 5, 2017
Why Economics Matters to the Transatlantic Alliance
Central European states remain America’s staunch allies for good reasons.