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. That things were changing because of the wishes of their people, and because of machinations of the imperialists." —Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, June 2011 "It is hardly likely that the US will admit to manipulating (Hong Kong's) 'Occupy Central' movement, just as it will not admit to manip
Observatory delegation gave the referendum an enthusiastic thumbs-up.3 Moscow has paid considerable attention to evolving political developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Despite their relatively recent histories of Soviet subjugation and communist rule, a number of these countries have seen the rise of populist or
ead to problem solving. There may be cases where an actor is so bad and incorrigible that the only useful step is to isolate them (think Mugabe in Zimbabwe or apartheid South Africa.). But it is almost never an either/or proposition: Iran and North Korea both show how sanctions and diplomacy can be emp
orably toward stability and prosperity. Will Russian aggression force the administration to spend more time and money reassuring skittish allies in Central and Eastern Europe going forward? Officials are already hinting, as did the Quadrennial Defense Review, that the rebalancing concept actually applies to more than how
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ead. That things were changing because of the wishes of their people, and because of machinations of the imperialists.” —Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, June 2011 “It is hardly likely that the US will admit to manipulating [Hong Kong's] ‘Occupy Central’ movement, just as it will not admit to manip-
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019259 →held them for two months before their release.”' Yet at the same time, the Kremlin was al- legedly fostering anti-fracking demonstrations in parts of Central and Eastern Europe.”? Russia organizes bogus election-monitoring missions that give a stamp of approval to polling in Crimea and other authoritar- ian settings, while e
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