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pro-democracy movements proliferate throughout the post-Soviet space, the EU and US have had noticeably muted reactions. But if Joe Biden wins the US election this week, it will likely mark the return of a more active US foreign policy in the post-Soviet space.
In a new commentary for the ELN, YGLN Officer Nikita Gryazin and ELN Officer Daniel Shapiro consider what the EU can do to start planning for this now. Read the authors’ recommendations here.
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Responding to a recent commentary by ELN Director Sir Adam Thomson, Yahueni Preiherman, co-chair of the YGLN, argues that using the language of a new “Cold War” is unhelpful in understanding current and evolving geopolitical tensions. Instead, he argues that the current Russia-West China-US tensions are less the result of an ideological clash and more reflect an adversarial security dilemna.
YGLN member Nikita Gryazin had a conversation with former British diplomat and UK Ambassador to Russia (2000-2004), Sir Roderic Lyne. The interview is divided into three parts. First comes the past experience: on a summer in the Soviet Union, on the rule of law and on Putin's first years as...
YGLN member Mareena Robinson Snowden wrote a very important Bulletin article concerning diversity and inclusion efforts in the nuclear community: why they fail and what can be done about it. She argues that they have failed for 'communities of color, particularly Black folks, in part because the...