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Russia has vowed to remove its troops from Georgian territory - excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia - within a month, if 200 EU personnel are deployed in South Ossetia to monitor the situation.  French President Nicolas Sarkozy headed a European delegation that met with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow today to agree the deal, according to Reuters. 

Russia has pledged to remove a key checkpoint from near the port of Poti within a week if Georgia promises not to use force against Abkhazia. The Kremlin's position on both breakaway regions remains unchanged. Mr Medvedev said Russia's move to recognise the independence of both Abkhazia and South Ossetia was "irrevocable."  A further round of international talks on the conflict have been scheduled for 15 October in Geneva.

Europe’s top banker says that while Central Europe “delivered reasonably well” on the great expectations the world had in the wake of the Cold War, “the job is not done” in the rest of the region, notably Russia, Ukraine, and the Balkans.

On May 13, 2008, the Atlantic Council of the U.S. and Asia Society Washington hosted a seminar on EU-U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change.

Making the case for NATO membership, Georgian President Mikheil Saakaskvili argued that his country has moved from a “failed state” into a thriving democracy and one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. NATO is a “values based alliance” and Georgia has proven by deeds that it shares those values. While many contend Georgia should choose a middle way between Russia and the West, Saakaskvili declared there is “no middle ground between evil and good."

Travel south from Kiev along the arbored R-12 highway and you will see perhaps the most public symbols of Ukraine's rampant corruption: a wide array of luxurious estates that have sprung up in Koncha-Zaspa, a leafy suburb of the capital. Many of these multimillion-dollar homes belong to senior state officials with only modest salaries.

Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, European Union Representative, Kosovo Troika “Kosovo: Challenges and Prospects”  Please join us for a sudden opportunity to hear Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger discuss the current situation in Kosovo while he is briefly visiting Washington.

Former Latvian President Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga delivered the second annual Christopher J. Makins Lecture, hosted by Ambassador Jonas Hafström at the House of Sweden. She was introduced by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski as “a symbol of the New Europe,” noting the parallels between her own amazing journey and that of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe who suffered under Communist tyranny.

Aleksander Kwasniewski, president of Poland from 1995 to 2005, spoke to an overflow crowd at the Atlantic Council on the subject of "Electoral Drama in Poland, Ukraine and Russia." While dismissing the notion that these are truly "dramas," arguing that they are merely normal events in an evolving political situation, he acknowledged that the outcomes of all three elections a

Ukraine is facing a considerable challenge from corruption, which our research showed is presentin nearly all levels of government and politics, the judiciary, and business.

Three leading Ukrainian foreign policy practitioners engaged in a spirited debate over the future of the country's foreign policy.