Section: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
Digging Up Ukraine’s Deep State
Ukraine’s civil society and young generation are determined to make the ongoing reforms to the country’s state institutions irreversible. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
How Low Oil Prices Are Hitting Russia, Iran, And Venezuela
Recent oil market shifts spell bad news for a number of countries with economies based on oil. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: October 2015
Despite the growing scale and scope of reform activity and increasing support for it, the overall effort appears to be suffering from a lack of strategic direction. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Still-Topical Tagliavini Report
Many people are trying to rewrite the history of the 2008 Georgia-Russia War in the light of the Ukraine crisis. The EU’s report on the war is still a useful baseline and a reminder of how different the two conflicts are. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia’s Fight in Syria Reflects the Kremlin’s Fears at Home
While supporting Asaad has allowed Russia to retain its influence in the Middle East, Russia should be wary of getting too involved in Syria if it wants to avoid another Ukraine-like quagmire …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Battle For Crimea Part 2
A new Ukrainian campaign to blockade Crimea is a gift for the Kremlin as it tries to distract the public’s attention away from the major challenges facing the peninsula and the questionable actions being undertaken by the Russian government against its population. | Русский …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Reviving the OSCE: European Security and the Ukraine Crisis
The OSCE has been the most appropriate framework to manage the Ukraine crisis. To continue to play a useful role, the body must adjust its methods and strengthen its toolbox. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russian Ideology After Crimea
Following the annexation of Crimea in March 2014, the Russian public has embraced an increasingly conservative and nationalistic ideology. Any repudiation of this ideology, let alone the transformation of the country as a whole, will only happen if demand for change from the bottom coincides with a desire for modernization from the top. | Русский...
Ukraine’s New Party of Power
The merger of President Poroshenko’s party with the UDAR party of Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko is another step in the consolidation of power by the Ukrainian leader. Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front may be the next in line for absorption. But recent Ukrainian history shows that these big united parties have all ended in...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: August 2015
This memo offers a baseline assessment of the reform process as it stands a year and a half after the Euromaidan protests and the fall of Viktor Yanukovych’s government. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
