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1 month ago | 
belfercenter.org | Natia Gamkrelidze |Richard Hooker |Neil Macfarlane
In-Person Seminar Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for two timely panel discussions marking the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and analyzing current developments surrounding the war.
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1 month ago | 
belfercenter.org | Natia Gamkrelidze |Richard Hooker |Neil Macfarlane |Adam Tooze
IntroductionIs Vladimir Putin a rational actor who weighs costs and benefits before making a momentous decision, such as whether to invade another country? Multiple scholars of Putin and his country think he is. If so, the third anniversary of his decision to order a full-scale invasion of Ukraine provides an appropriate opportunity to take stock of the costs and benefits of that invasion for Russia’s dictator and the country he rules.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Richard Hooker |John Watts
Central Europe Defense Policy Eastern Europe Europe & Eurasia Security & Defense Western Europe It’s (still) more expensive to rotate military forces overseas than base them there In mid-2020, then-President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to withdraw roughly one-third of US forces from Germany, reportedly because of policy differences with Berlin.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
cbr.com | Richard Hooker |Ruby Brown
The most beloved sitcoms make their way to the highest rankings for a few reasons. The script has to be funny but authentic, the cast needs to have the required chemistry for their roles, and the core locations are somewhat iconic. The setting of a show can add to its credibility and encourage a show to stay in fans' minds years after it finishes airing. The location can become just as important to viewers as the characters.
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May 28, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Richard Hooker |Alex Horton |Kareem Fahim
Korea has not been the only battleground since the end of the Second World War. Men have fought and died in Malaya, in Greece, in the Philippines, in Algeria and Cuba and Cyprus, and almost continuously on the Indo-Chinese Peninsula. No nuclear weapons have been fired. No massive nuclear retaliation has been considered appropriate.
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May 25, 2024 | 
cbr.com | Richard Hooker |Ruby Brown
Published 11 minutes ago Friends has become a beloved sitcom that has only a handful of similar shows that are also worth checking out.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Richard Hooker |Dasl Yoon |Josh Smith |Taejun Kang
Quotes of the Day:“Someplace between apathy and anarchy is the stance of the thinking human being; he does embrace a cause, he does take a position, and he can't allow it to become business as usual. Humanity is our business.”– Rod Serling. “Putting people first has always been America’s secret weapon.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Richard Hooker |John Watts
In 1949, twelve countries came together to sign the Washington Treaty, marking the beginning of what would become the world’s most powerful military alliance. In the seventy-five years that have followed, NATO has expanded to include an additional twenty like-minded allies as well as numerous partnerships in order to counter threats to the rules-based international order. As NATO celebrates its milestone anniversary, it also must respond to today’s—and the future’s—wide-ranging global challenges.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Richard Hooker |Mykola Bielieskov
Sunday’s parliamentary and local elections in Belarus were among the most flawed in the thirty-year reign of the country’s authoritarian ruler, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The ballot was completely cleansed of all opposition, with only loyalist candidates permitted to participate.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Peter Malcolm Dickinson |Taras Kuzio |Richard Hooker
Friends of Ukraine often say to Western political leaders: The West’s economy is 20-25 times bigger than Russia’s, how could we possibly give Ukraine fewer weapons than Russia has? Let’s do more, it is not such a big deal. But it is a bigger deal than that. I would like to encourage you to take a hard look at the truth and at the urgency of the situation we are facing. The West is potentially overwhelmingly stronger than Russia and can enable Ukraine to win.
