Change may be afoot in Belarus
“Russia has no intention of occupying Belarus” declared the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, in February 2017, three days after Russia set up controls along the length of its border with the only country with which it has a union treaty. This statement was added to the voices of alarm of national (and some international) experts who...
Ukraine Sanctions Russian State-Owned Banks
March 16, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Orthodox Welcome St. Patrick
Eastern church adopts Irish saint, other Western martyrs, and mystics. Could this be the end of the Great Schism? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game
The current Russian regime is not static in terms of ideology. It was able to activate intense nationalist sentiment during the Ukraine crisis and calm it down later, without undermining Putin’s personal legitimacy and popular support. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Radicalisation in Isolation: The Success of the Dutch Freedom Party
The radical right-wing populist Freedom Party (PVV) is currently tied for first place in the polls for the upcoming Dutch elections. Is this a clear sign of a radical right-wing populist wave in the Netherlands? What underlies the success of this party? And how can it be compared to other radical right-wing populist parties? Geert Wilders formed...
Governmental Support is Vital to Fight Corruption
The public property damage in corruption cases that have been investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) only amount to UAH 83 billion (around $3.7 billion), says Artem Sytnyk, the director of the NABU. He also spoke to Jerry Cameron about the origins of corruption, its size and the challenges the NAPU is facing in...
How Russians Protest
Politics Protests in authoritarian regimes like Russia or Turkey can be very different to those in the West. When a demonstration takes place in a Western country, they are as natural to society as, say, elections. They are seen as part of democratic expression, a means of putting pressure on rulers. In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, any...
The Four Horsemen Of The Trumpocalypse
It’s a horse race.Will Donald Trump’s first new war be with Russia, Iran, China, or North Korea?Here are some things to consider as you try to handicap this deadly contest:Russia:It is a certainty that a war of principals or proxies with Russia remains a chief objective of the neocons and the Deep State. If Victoria Nuland in Kiev...
Kleptocracy Daily: March 15, 2017
News Monica Crowley — who bowed out of a Trump administration post after a plagiarism scandal — is now registered as a foreign agent for Ukrainian billionaire oligarch Victor Pinchuk. (The Hill) Iran is setting up shell shipping companies to export weapons and illicit goods. (Fox News) Moldova believes Russian security services are attempting to...
Public discussion “Mission accomplishable? Audit of the EU efforts in reforming Ukraine’s Civilian Security Sector”
On March 23, the Institute of World Politics will hold a public discussion, titled “Mission accomplishable? Audit of the EU efforts in reforming Ukraine’s Civilian Security Sector» …read more Source: Institute of World...
