Tatars Threaten Sea Blockade of Crimea
Peninsula still largely without power as Russia works to link annexed territory to national energy grid. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarus, IMF in Talks on $3 Billion Loan
Has Lukashenka forgotten his warnings about the dangers of free market reforms? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine should prepare for possible Russian retaliation for the Crimean blockade
Ukraine needs to modernize its coal-fired central heating plants to accept the type of coal mined in Europe, a process underway but not yet completed. Despite these energy weakness, the prevailing mood in Ukraine is that the government should have been more aggressive about Crimea months ago. The peninsula has been without a mainline electricity...
Military Power Revue Nr. 2 / 2015
This edition of Military Power Revue features six articles on assorted hard power topics. Five of the articles (in German) focus on 1) the need for police forces to develop “new security habits” against hybrid threats; 2) Russia’s reliance on hybrid warfare in the Ukraine crisis 2014-2015; 3) the tug of war between specialized or multi-role...
Russia Security Update: November 11-18, 2015
Download the PDF Russia is attempting to align itself with France in the wake of ISIS’s terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. Russia took steps to reassert its freedom of action in Syria as France expanded its anti-ISIS air campaign in response to the Paris attacks. On November 17, Russia launched air strikes from long-range strategic...
No Quick Fix for Blacked-out Crimea
Russian official concedes that completing an ‘energy bridge’ to the region could still take weeks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 27 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport, and to a lesser extent in a number of other locations in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The SMM continued to note partial non-compliance in relation to the withdrawal of heavy weapons and Addendum-related weapons. Its freedom...
Moldovan Police: Paramilitary Band Planned Uprising
Group allegedly aimed to set up a breakaway territory like those in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Global Militarisation Index 2015
“The multiple and complex conflicts across the region are a key factor behind the build-up and modernisation of the armed forces,” Jan Grebe and Max M. Mutschler explain the ranking of the GMI in the Middle East. The authors point out that Syria, also ranked amongst the Top 10 in recent years, is missing in this year’s GMI. This is due to...
Embattled Russian NGOs Propose Forming Lobby Group
Labeled ‘foreign agents,’ ‘undesirable,’ and threatened with closure, pressure groups mull creating a union to protect their common interests. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
