Section: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA)
Chaos in the Arab World Suits Russia’s Domestic Propaganda
Chaos in the Arab world has offered the Kremlin a convenient opportunity to shape public opinion at home on such issues as the legitimacy of the regime, its confrontation with the West and the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Reforms in Ukraine: No Room for Pessimism
Ukraine’s old, corrupt political system is determined to resist change. At the same time, the country’s civil society activists are determined to change that system. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Who’s Afraid of NATO Enlargement?
Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine is forcing NATO to rethink the strategic benefits of further alliance enlargement. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
On the Iran Nuclear Deal
A wide-ranging discussion on the Iran nuclear deal, the future of the Middle East, and Russia’s role after the Ukraine crisis with Charlie Rose. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Why Moscow Opposed Grexit
Putin phoned IMF chief, asking the Europeans to support Athens in any way possible. It is likely that Obama asked to do the same thing: there is no indication that Greece was ever a point of contention between Russia and the United States-despite Greece’s position on the Ukrainian crisis, its anti-Western rhetoric, and Tsipras’...
The New Siege of Crimea
Western sanctions on Crimea are hurting locals and empowering the Kremlin. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Europe’s Strategic Indifference Over Greece and Ukraine
Greece’s economic crisis and the war in Ukraine pose similar threats to Europe’s security-threats that most European leaders prefer to ignore. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Prisoners’ Dilemma in Ukraine
Ukraine’s prisoner-of-war problem is becoming more intractable by the day, fueled by criminal tendencies and systemic failures of the Ukrainian state. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Economic Great Game for Peace in Eastern Europe
Whatever new geopolitical order emerges between the EU, Ukraine, and Russia, will rest on a joint understanding about the economic relationship between the three. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
And Then There Were Five: The Plight of Ukraine’s Oligarchs
Ukraine’s five wealthiest people have lost a collective $9.75 billion in the last year. To put this number in perspective, the IMF’s bailout package is worth $17.5 billion. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
