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Ukraine in Perspective

As Ukraine’s conflict with Russian-backed separatists enters its second year, the United States and Europe need to formulate a new policy toward the region.

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By Eugene Rumer
Published on Apr 16, 2015

Source: WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show

Eugene Rumer, a senior associate and director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Rajan Menon, a professor of political science at the  City College of New York, senior research scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, the author of The End of Alliances, and the co-author of Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post--Cold War Order (The MIT Press, 2015), offer historical context on the Russian/Ukraine conflict and talk about what's at stake for both countries and the West.

This interview was originally published on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show.

About the Author

Eugene Rumer

Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Rumer, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council, is a senior fellow and the director of Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.

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