Russia Outflanks the West
How Western conventional military strength is circumvented in Eastern Europe by Russia’s combination of asymmetric hybrid warfare and nuclear threats. …read more Source: Royal United Services...
Success? The Russia/Ukraine/EU gas agreement
2014-11-05Szymon KardaśWojciech KonończukAgata Łoskot-StrachotaWe cannot rule out the possibility that the gas ‘ceasefire’ will be violated before the date specified in the protocol. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Elections in a World Falling Down
A specter is haunting Eastern Europe, and its name is Russia. Europe and the U.S., too slow to respond, are allowing that specter to change the way Eastern Europe sees the world. Ukraine has held two elections in a row with its sovereign territory being carved up by Russians and Russian-backed forces. Today, as the cease-fire crumbles again and...
Eastern Ukraine: Both sides responsible for indiscriminate attacks
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine: Both sides responsible for indiscriminate attacks 06 November 2014 …read more Source: Amnesty...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 5 November 2014
This report is for media and the general public. The provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, and in particular the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC), remained the focus of the SMM’s monitoring activities. There was intense shelling in Donetsk city, whilst Mariupol and its surroundings remained...
Hungary’s Gradual Embrace of Putinism
Hungary’s current Prime Minister not only believes in closer ties with Vladimir Putin, but also would like to replicate his authoritarianism in Hungary. Over the last year, there has been much focus on the crisis in Ukraine, little attention has been paid to Hungary’s undermining of liberal democratic principles under the current...
Newsflash to the new Congress: Tiered readiness is here now
The modern day version of “tiered readiness” has arrived for the U.S. military. While the news has yet to sink in the minds of Washington leaders, the state of affairs across the force speaks for itself.During the defense drawdown in the 1990s, this concept was instituted with units preparing to deploy at peak readiness while the majority of the...
Russian Doctors March Against Harsh Reform; EU Opens EULEX Probe
Plus, SOCAR’s purchase of Greek company comes under scrutiny, and an aged Romanian accused of murdering dissidents says he was only following orders. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
U.S. midterm elections demonstrated commitment to democracy, but role of money increasingly problematic, say OSCE parliamentary observers
WASHINGTON, 5 November 2014 – The 2014 United States midterm elections were another demonstration of the country’s commitment to democracy, as voters could readily inform themselves about their political options and could freely cast their ballots, observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) concluded. However, the increasing...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 November 2014
This report is for media and the general public. The provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum as well as the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination remained at the focus of SMM monitoring. In Donetsk and Luhansk the situation remained tense. In Donetsk the SMM heard shelling from the northern outskirts of the city....
