The EU Is Thinking About Pre-Trump Sanctions on Russia
With the penalties due to expire on Jan. 31, EU governments are likely to prolong the measures for another six months because the main condition set for lifting them — full respect of a pact aimed at ending the Ukrainian war — has yet to be met. Bloomberg: The EU Is Thinking About Pre-Trump Sanctions […] …read more Source: The American...
European Security: Has Trump Reshuffled the Cards?
“I think NATO may be obsolete.” When Donald Trump, the next president of the United States, spoke these words during the campaign, he most likely had only a vague idea of how he would act upon them. But one thing is certain: if he made the statement, it is because he knew it to be a vote-winner. And win he did. Has his election reshuffled the...
What Trump Should Understand about China and North Korea
Doug Bandow In barely two weeks Americans will learn whether Donald Trump is as smart as he claims. He triumphed over the odds to win the presidency and most of his staff picks so far look serious. But his tweets continue to raise some interesting questions. The president-elect’s recent Twitter strike was on China and North Korea. He seems...
Do the Russians want a hybrid war in the Balkans?
Russia / Europe Given the crisis in relations between Russia, the European Union, and United States – i.e. key partners and donors in the region – Russia’s attempts to enhance its influence in the Balkans are a bone of contention. Concerns raised by political leaders like former Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic,...
Ukraine Mulls Banning Marine Le Pen
French far-right presidential candidate sparked Kyiv’s outrage after defending the legitimacy of Crimea’s 2014 annexation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
24 листопада 2016р. Центр Разумкова провів Фахову дискусію “Україна і політика протидії зміні клімату: економічний аспект”
24 листопада 2016р. Центр Разумкова спільно з Представництвом Фонду Фрідріха Науманна в Україні та за підтримки Міністерства екології та природних ресурсів України провели Фахову дискусію “Україна і політика протидії зміні клімату: економічний аспект”. До участі в дискусії були запрошені представники законодавчої та виконавчої влади,...
Obama’s Response To Russia Necessary, Given Trump’s ‘Dismissive’ Behavior, Former US Ambassador Michael McFaul Says
Interviewsinterview with Michael McFaulvia CNBCHoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul discusses why President Obama’s decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats and impose new sanctions on Russia was necessary. …read more Source: Hoover...
Everyone loses
Disorder erupted in Ukraine in 2014, involving the overthrow of a sitting government, the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and a violent insurrection, supported by Moscow, in the east of the country. This Adelphi book argues that the crisis has yielded a ruinous outcome, in which all the parties are worse off and international...
Tatarstan Balks at Moscow’s Austerity Measures
Federal deficit expected to reach nearly $50 billion this year unless oil price rebounds. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Newsflash: Russia Is Not the Soviet Union
Doug Bandow No position taken by President-elect Donald Trump more upsets leading Republican legislators than his desire to reconcile with Russia. GOP leaders routinely assert that 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney was right when he declared Russia “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” Perhaps in Neoconservative nightmares. But not...
