Meanwhile in Munich, Waiting for Merkel
Angela Merkel’s visit to Moscow for peace talks on the Ukraine crisis could be the last diplomatic attempt to end the fighting in the country’s east. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Seeming Truce Opens Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine, NATO Plans New Rapid Response Force
Plus, devaluation speculation runs rampant in Kazakhstan, and a bombing reopens a Georgia police-brutality case. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Breaking trust
This editorial will be published in the February 16 edition of The Weekly Standard.At what point do we—the institution and our nation—lose our soldiers’ trust? The trust that we will provide them the right resources—the training and equipment—to properly prepare them and lead them into harm’s way. Trust that we will appropriately take...
American weapons will help reduce casualties among Ukrainian troops
According to prior Ukrainian-American consultations, the U.S. can provide countermeasures for armoured fighting vehicles, hostile fire detection systems, and communications to Ukraine. This was stated by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the website Deutsche...
Azerbaijan Tightens Screws on Media, Poland Sets Presidential Election Date
Plus, cash-strapped Mongolia asks for IMF assistance, and Turkmenistanis line up to buy dollars as economic bad news mounts. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: chances for a visa-free regime with the EU?
2015-02-04Marta JaroszewiczUkraine launched the long-awaited process of issuing biometric passports, and thus met one of the EU’s key requirements for the abolition of visas. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Russia sabotages the Minsk agreement on the Donbas
2015-02-04Marek MenkiszakWojciech KonończukRussia intends to move closer to achieving its key goal: to subjugate Ukraine. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
The Munich Security Conference. What Security?
As a major annual security gathering begins, Western leaders have no clear moral, political, or strategic compass for Ukraine, the Islamic State, or refugees. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
U.S. Arms to Ukraine: Tilting the Balance
The United States is now considering sending defensive weapons to help arm Ukrainian forces in their fight against pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. The conflict has now taken more than 5,300 lives, roughly 2,000 of them since the September 5 ceasefire. What would be the outcome of changing policy and sending military assistance to...
The Great Exodus: Ukraine’s Refugees Flee to Russia
The fact that most of the Ukrainians who fled their country last year went to Russia may come as a surprise to some. The reasons for this are interesting and have been skillfully examined in recent articles. Where are the Ukrainian refugees going in Russia and what awaits them when they arrive? How are they being treated and what do they think of...
