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...July, it's back to business as usual for Russia with its neighbors, as it tries to assert its authority despite the U.S.'s disapproval. "The one thing that could most endanger the reset policy would be really bad Russian behavior in the post-Soviet states," says Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and now a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. "The Russians don't want to recreate the Soviet Union, but they do want a system in which their neighbors pay close deference to what Moscow determines to be its vital national interests...
...Georgia, particularly in resolving the Iran nuclear standoff. "At stake is more than the crisis in the Caucasus - but also whether Russia and the West can share a core base of values to combat terrorism, stop proliferation, and promote energy security," said Brookings Institution analysts Carlos Pascual and Steven Pifer in a 10-point plan of action entitled "Securing Georgia," published on Monday...
...Pifer, who works behind the scenes on the show producing documentary and feature segments, said she hopes her time away from journalism will give her some perspective on the emerging ethical issues affecting the media...
...Alice Pifer, 43, a producer for ABC News and the TV program "20/20," said yesterday she plans to study issues such as technology and politics...
...There has been such a change in the political scene," Pifer said. "I read the papers, and I'm a pretty informed person, and I see people form both sides asserting different information from both sides...