Russians Offered Black Gold to Lose Weight
The move is part of a regional government’s push to raise awareness of the problem of obesity. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Is Russia’s Syria Intervention Doomed to Fail?
Russia has dived headfirst into the Syrian civil war – but this might be a strategic dead endIn late September Russia commenced its air campaign over Syria, prompting widespread criticism from Western leaders. It is clear that Moscow is pursuing very different objectives from those of the West. Indeed, the actions of Russian forces in Syria...
Is NATO Deterrence Fit for Purpose?
The Atlantic Alliance must respond to Russia’s new strategic posture – but large, fixed deployments may not be the answerThere is now a fundamental divergence in world views between the NATO powers and Russia. The West sees Russia as being on the strategic offensive – in the process,challenging a European rules-based order where small...
Putin’s Gambit in Syria
Recent Russian military operations should not come as a surprise – for twenty years, the Kremlin has been trying to restore the country’s status as a world leaderThe world can be divided into two: those who ‘get’ modern Russia and those who do not. At the moment, most of the world falls into the latter category, with much of the...
Reinventing European Deterrence
NATO faces a number of practical challenges in deterring Russian aggression. But political commitment may be the most important of all. Like it or not, the threat of conventional warfare in Europe is back and generals on the continent are worried. At a meeting of the army chiefs of some forty countries at the headquarters of the US Army in Europe...
Opening speech of the 8th edition of the World Policy Conference, Montreux, Switzerland
Language English EditoriauxThese thoughts led us to launch the WPC on the other side of the lake, in Evian, in 2008. Our goal is to help to improve governance, in all its aspects, in order to foster the emergence of a world that is more open, more prosperous, more just and respectful of the diversity of States and nations. Respect is essential....
Daunting Challenges and Glimmers of Hope in Ukraine
The turmoil in eastern Ukraine has shaken the post–Cold War order. But there is reason to hope a more effective approach to building regional security might be possible. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Building an Education Marshall Plan for Ukraine
This event is cosponsored by the American Center for a European Ukraine. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Moldova: Water – Source of Corruption?
Moldova’s environmental fund give grants without much oversight; one to the village of Gura Cainarului may land its mayor and local business in hot water. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian mechanical engineering can find new markets in developing countries
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn notes that heavy industry and mechanical engineering have long been focused only on Russia when agriculture and some metallurgists focused on the European Union, informs the website Segodnia. “There was no actual search for partners among the Third World countries. Even...
