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Ronald Asmus
Ronald D. Asmus, a deputy assistant secretary of state in the Clinton administration, is executive director of the Brussels-based Transatlantic Center of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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Europe’s Contested Neighborhood
Ronald Asmus Series: The World in Words 2010-02-24The most important source of disagreement today between Russia and the West is not the issues most often in the news – Iran or Afghanistan. It is Europe’s contested neighborhood – the future of those countries between the eastern borders of NATO and the EU and Russia.... read Comments: 4 Recommended: 0 Read: 11055
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Westernize the Black Sea Region
Ronald Asmus Series: The World in Words 2004-09-04The bloody end to the schoolhouse hostage crisis in North Ossetia, and recent clashes in Georgia between government troops and separatist forces, have put the troubled Black Sea region on the front pages of newspapers once again. This rising violence is also a wake-up call for the West, highlighting the need for a new Euro-Atlantic strategy in a vitally important region that lies at the crossroads of Europe, Eurasia, and the Middle East. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 19184
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Promoting Democracy in the Greater Middle East
Urban Ahlin, Ronald Asmus, Steven Everts, Jana Hybaskova, Mark Leonard, Michael McFaul and Michael Mertes Series: The World in Words 2004-04-01American and European leaders are talking about the need to promote reform in the "Greater Middle East." Americans see this as the key battleground in the war on terror, and Europeans want stable, responsive governments that stem the flow of illegal migration and organized crime. Both sides accept that working with local partners for peaceful democratic change today is the best way to avoid violent revolution or military action tomorrow. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 21699
