New at Transitions Online: 3 March 2015
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COLUMNS & FEATURES
Conflict & Diplomacy
Detoxing Russia
Long after Boris Nemtsov’s killers are caught and Putin is gone, we’ll still be dealing with the legacy of the current media climate.
By Barbara Frye
Conflict & Diplomacy
How to Stop the War in Eastern Ukraine
Must Ukraine give up Donbas or would that only encourage more aggression? Second in a series.
By Yevgenia Belorusets
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2 March 2015
Marchers Mourn Nemtsov, U.S. Prepares to Deport Suspected Bosnian War Criminals
Plus, the UN says Ukraine the death toll surpasses 6,000, and the Estonian prime minister hunts for coalition partners after an electoral win.
3 March 2015
Russia Bars Some Nemtsov Mourners, Ukraine Pushes Austerity Measures
Plus, Mongolia is hit with a major arbitration penalty and Macedonia’s ruling party explains its call for a ‘fight.’
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An Old Crime, Uncovered
The discovery of a mass grave in the Czech countryside prompts a rethink of the early postwar years.
By Lubos Palata
Remembering the Dead – and the Missing
A large crowd remembers the dreadful events of July 1995, when Bosnian Serbs massacred thousands of defenseless Muslims around Srebrenica.
By TOL
Russia’s Media Imperialism
A revanchist Kremlin exports its own toxic brand of media management.
By Christopher Walker and Robert Orttung
Laying Claim to Asia
On the Dnieper and in Crimea, the notion is taking root that Eurasia’s true heart was never in Russia after all.
By Dmitry Shlapentokh
Where to Now, Ukraine?
While joining the Customs Union would ‘cement’ the country’s communist past, one historian says, Ukraine is not rich enough to ignore basic reforms.
By Alla Lazareva
Ukraine’s Metamorphosis, Protest by Protest
Whether spurred by taxes, police brutality, or EU integration, the country’s recent upheavals have all been about one thing.
By Aliona Kachkan
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