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Eugene B. Rumer

Former official at the National Security Council in charge of countries of the former USSR, Eugene B. Rumor is a researcher at the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University.

8 articles

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“Ukraine: don’t go wobbly on the orange”

by Eugene B. Rumer, Stephen J. Flanagan

19 October 2005

When Viktor Yushchenko dismissed Yulia Tymoshenko he disappointed the friends of Ukraine who had believed in the orange revolution. That revolution was not the last step to democracy and all steps are not taken in the same direction. Europe and the United States should be patient with Ukraine. (...)

"For real results, let’s get real"

by Eugene B. Rumer

11 May 2005

The news from Russia is not good. Democracy loses ground, its economy depends on oil and its foreign policy is ham-handed. How much worse can it get? Nonetheless, before embracing this opinion, let us review facts. Vladimir Putin has curtailed media freedoms, marginalized liberal political (...)