Watch List Findings: Dec. 16, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
The Missing Matryoshka
Russian disinformation campaign covers up the real process of re-Stalinisation of Russia’s official narrative regarding the roots of the war – keynote address of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marek Magierowski delivered at the Visegrad Insight & NATO Myth and Reality conference on 7 December 2017 In recent years, the transatlantic...
Crimean Tatar political prisoner Bekir Degermendzhy is dangerously ill
After causing the death of 83-year-old veteran Crimean Tatar activist Vedzhie Kashka, Russia is endangering the life of 57-year-old Bekir Degermendzhy, arrested as part of a particularly cynical FSB attempt to discredit the Crimean Tatar Mejlis. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Agriculture in Ukraine: Economic and Political Frameworks
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
Deciphering Russia’s Cyber Attacks and Information Warfare Against Ukraine
Invitation Only Research Event 12 Jan 2018 – 14:00 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, …read more Source: Chatham...
Newsbrief Vol. 37, No. 5
Concise briefings on contemporary issues and trends in international securityNo: 5Volume: 37Newsbrief …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
December 8th, 2017
CAMBODIA Cambodia Calls On US To Reconsider Visa Restrictions, Despite Ongoing Crackdown RFA Cambodia’s government on Thursday urged the U.S. to reconsider visa restrictions announced in response to an ongoing crackdown against the political opposition and freedom of expression, but maintained that the move would not influence the internal...
Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism
In Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism: Western Enablement of Kleptocracy, Ben Judah and Belinda Li explore how loopholes in the U.S. anti-money laundering regime are being exploited by kleptocrats and their professional “enablers.” On December 1, 2017, Hudson Institute hosted the launch of the report with Ben Judah, Raymond Baker...
Will 2018 bring renewed attention to Eastern Ukraine?
The past year has been one of chaos and upheaval. At the outset of 2017, the Islamic State still controlled huge swaths of Iraq and Syria and aimed to make new land claims world-wide; now, it has virtually no territory to speak of. At the beginning of the year, the threat from North Korea felt dormant; now, Pyongyang is flexing its muscles with...
New draft law proposes up to 5-year sentence for denying Russian aggression against Ukraine
A new draft bill criminalizing denial of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has been strongly criticised by human rights activists for several reasons, including its authors’ failure to take into consideration the persecution Ukrainians living under occupation in Crimea or Donbas face simply for using words like...
