5 ways the US Air Force contributes to daily American life
When most Americans think about their independent Air Force, screaming fighter jets and stealthy bombers dropping precision-guided weapons in “shock and awe”-type campaigns flash to mind.Occasionally, we may be impressed by the Air Force’s amazing global logistical support for its sister services — like its fleet of aerial tankers, flying...
The refugee crisis: Canada’s role
They are desperate people taking desperate measures as they flee war, persecution and poverty. They endure abuse, starvation and, for the unlucky, death in their search for asylum. The numbers are numbing. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 60 million displaced persons are on the move. Each day an additional...
OSCE think tank and academic network debates contribution to the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons
Discussion of strategic ideas for re-consolidating European security as a common project was the focus of a one-day workshop organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, which took place in Vienna on 1 September 2015. Seventeen key research institutes and departments, from fourteen participating States, submitted...
EU Extends Sanctions on Russia
Uptick in Ukraine violence strengthens union resolve to keep up pressure on Moscow. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Beijing Parade Draws Putin, but Few Other World Leaders
Serbia’s president tries to drum up more Chinese investment. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Vladimir Putin’s Soviet Dream
From China’s activities in the South China Sea to the Islamic State’s advance in the Middle East, competition and conflict are threatening long-standing regional orders. But perhaps the most critical conflict, with implications for all the rest, is in Ukraine, which has become central to Russia’s expansionist ambitions....
Ukraine Coalition Weakened as Rightists Quit
Death toll rises to three after far-right groups assault parliament. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine has to take all steps to declare that Russia is an occupier of Donbas
Six months after the latest Minsk agreement, to replace the first one that Russia violated as well, more than 1,000 others have been killed since Russia and Ukraine signed the “peace” deal, the Kyiv Post writes. Co-director of Foreign Affairs and Inernational Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk said Ukraine hasn’t yet...
The Russian public’s ignorance allows Putin’s policies to flourish
Russia’s direct involvement in prosecuting its war against Ukraine is proven, as far as most in the West are concerned. But the Russian public is still oblivious to what’s going on, accepting official denials, more than a year after the fighting began, the Kyiv Post reports. Director of Military programmes at the Razumkov Centre...
Muzhenko lost the moral right to talk about military situation in Donbas
The chief of Ukraine’s Army General Staff has left many baffled after declaring that the destroyed village of Shyrokyne “has no military value” – after soldiers held positions there for months that they said were key to defending the strategic city of Mariupol, the Kyiv Post writes. Co-director of Foreign Affairs and International Security...
