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Arming Ukraine a Risky Escalation

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Analysis & Opinions - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Arming Ukraine a Risky Escalation

| February, 2015

The last several days have seen the once dormant debate—whether or not the U.S. should start supplying weapons to Ukraine—reignite. The debate was revived by the release of a joint report by a group of ex-U.S. officials affiliated with three prominent American think tanks, which recommended that Washington urgently supply anti-tank missiles, counter-battery radars, and other military hardware to the Ukrainian armed forces so that the latter can deter Russia from escalating the conflict in Donbass.

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- U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism, Belfer Center

The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: February - March 2011

| Apr. 11, 2011

High-Ranking U.S. Official To Discuss HEU Removal from Ukraine; Bunn on Lessons Learned at Fukushima; Heinonen Proposes Empowering IAEA to Probe Trafficking of Dual Use Items; NATO and Russia Urged to Start Building Security Alliance; more.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, visits the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant in Volgodonsk, some 600 miles south of Moscow, Russia, March 18, 2010.

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Analysis & Opinions - The Huffington Post

Russia Presses Ahead With Nuclear Plants After Japan Crisis

| March 22, 2011

While Russian authorities saw the recent calamities in Japan as a chance to initiate a rapprochement with the country, says Simon Saradzhyan, Moscow's overtures to Tokyo have received a cool reception. However, he says, "Japan's nuclear crisis nonetheless represents an opportunity for Russian policy-makers to take a fresh look at the country's nuclear energy policies in order to ensure that both existing and future plants are protected against natural or man-made calamities, even those that may still seem unthinkable."

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Analysis & Opinions

The Global Future of Nuclear Power After Fukushima

The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan is sending shockwaves through nuclear planning agencies around the world.   Policy makers are asking for reviews of safety regulations, publics are expressing concern, and it appears likely that some of the planned construction will be curtailed. These commentaries offer sketches of how the discussion of nuclear energy is unfolding in key countries where plans for growth are most significant.