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Released: 2-Apr-2014 3:00 PM EDT
Expert on Russian Politics Talks Putin, Ukraine and the Future of Transnistria
University of Vermont

Not that she likes saying it, but “well played” is Michele Commercio’s assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suspiciously quick and successful takeover of the Crimean peninsula in late March. “He’s pulled off quite a stunt,” she says. Here she discusses his motivations, likely plans and how the West can respond.

Released: 9-Oct-2013 8:00 AM EDT
Discovery of a 2,700-Year-Old Portico in Greece
Universite de Montreal

A 2,700-year-old portico was discovered this summer on the site of the ancient city of Argilos in northern Greece, following an archaeological excavation led by Jacques Perreault, Professor at the University of Montreal’s Centre of Classical Studies and Zisis Bonias, an archaeologist with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

   
Released: 14-Aug-2013 1:00 PM EDT
Can Solar Energy Help Save Greece?
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

What happens to renewable energy programs in a country in a full-scale debt crisis -- do the programs whither and die in the winds of austerity? How do people view such programs when many of them can't afford to heat their houses? The answers to these two questions are actually linked, according to a new analysis in the JRSE.



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