A Chance for Peace in Ukraine?
The proposed UN peacekeeping mission to Ukraine needs a combination of Western sticks and carrots. Diplomacy is not enough. …read more Source: Carnegie...
Will Vienna build bridges or take sides?
“History teaches but has no pupils,” laments Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann in her dejected postwar novel Malina. “History does not repeat, but it does instruct,” Timothy Snyder ripostes, in the pamphlet On Tyranny, penned in anger as Donald Trump prepared for his inauguration a year ago. As a historian, Snyder sees himself especially called...
Cyber Mercenaries and the Crisis in Ukraine
The following is an excerpt from …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
Russia in Afghanistan: Playing with Fire
As the longest war in US history rumbles on, Moscow looks at the Afghanistan conflict with interest. Allegations of Moscow’s meddling in the country, particularly its aid to the Taliban, raise questions over Russia’s geopolitical interests in Afghanistan, with the Kremlin’s mixed strategy reflecting how it is also precariously...
Georgia’s sentence against Saakashvili: restoration of justice or political persecution?
Written by: Givi Gigitashvili Source: Euromaidan Press As Ukraine mulls deporting ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who was stripped of Ukrainian citizenship, to Georgia on the request of the Georgian court, despite earlier having, like most European countries, qualified his trial in Georgia as politically motivated, let’s revisit...
From Lone Actors to Daesh: Rethinking the Response to the Diverse Threats of Terrorist Financing
In view of the terrorist threat and diversity of funding efforts, counter-terrorist financing efforts should aim to address the modus operandi of any given target, placing greater emphasis on the intelligence value that finance provides.Download the article (PDF)On 23 September 2001, President George W Bush signed Executive Order 13224, which...
Newsbrief Vol. 38, No. 1
Concise briefings on contemporary issues and trends in international securityNo: 1Volume: 38Newsbrief …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Ukraine – Prospects for 2018
Addressing the slowdown of Ukraine’s reform process …read more Source: European Policy...
Armed Conflict in 2017 Part Four: 2018 Forecasts for Syria and International Terrorism
This week, the final part of the 2017 review looks at what 2018 holds for Syria and ISIS and global terrorism. As with the Rohingya Crisis and Ukraine, which were covered last week, these are brief overviews of what are complex situations extrapolating from the blogs throughout 2017 and making short term forecasts. Included below are links for...
Book Review: Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World
Christoph Meyer reviews Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World, by Nathalie Tocci …read more Source: Royal United Services...
