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“Hotspots”

Published May 1, 2016 in Berlin Policy Journal Leave a comment

The word choice was an unhappy mélange of the common meanings of hot spot, evoking a place that was dangerous, crowded, and high-tech all at the same time.

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For Europe, the Party’s Over. It’s Not Clear What Comes Next.

Published May 24, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

The promise of Europe is over. Paradoxically, German hubris carries a good deal of the blame.

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The Greek Bruce Willis Fights for Democracy — and Marxism?

Published February 15, 2016 in Reuters Leave a comment

If Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister, was going to make a comeback, it had to be in the German capital.

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Putin’s War on Young People

If Russia is ever to become a country that seeks peace with its neighbors and respects the rights of its own citizens, then such a future depends on Russia’s young people.

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About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I reported from the former Soviet empire for 25 years for NPR, Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg, and others. My first book, Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine, is now available from Columbia University Press.

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