Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia Denigrates Ukraine Plan To End Diplomatic Relations
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman describes Ukrainian initiative as ‘bordering on insanity.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
European officials and Tata Steel hit out at UK government’s approach to the steel industry
European officials and Tata Steel hit out at UK government’s approach to the steel industryThe Financial Times reports that, according to French and Italian officials, the UK played a key role in blocking higher tariffs on Chinese steel. Axel Eggert, head of the European Steel Association, said, “The UK is the ringleader in a blocking...
Ukraine must not become like Russia – Free Journalist & Blogger Ruslan Kotsaba!
However objectionable we may find somebody’s views, it is Russia who is imprisoning its citizens for expressing opinions and Ukraine should not follow suit. The charges of state treason against blogger and journalist Ruslan Kotsaba are manifestly unwarranted …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ildar Dadin jail term upheld as Russia effectively criminalizes peaceful protest
““I am here because I live in accordance with my conscience”, Ildar said in court on Thursday. Until you come out and state your position, you are an accomplice to fascism”. This draconian sentence may be because of Dadin’s support for Maidan, for Ukraine and Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Middle East in 2016 (Part 6): Don’t sell matches to pyromaniacs
Part 1 of this seven-part series is here; part 2 here; part 3 here: part 4 here; and part 5 here. Barrel bomb attack in west Ghouta region, Syria, September 2015 (Photo: Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty) Long before Jeffrey Goldberg gentrified the ‘Obama doctrine’, the US president’s approach to foreign policy occupied a somewhat coarser...
Digital diplomacy links: GIFs, global rankings, Russia, Israel, Next Door Land app and more
As Australian digital diplomacy strives to catch up to rest of the world, these monthly links highlight the most creative and effective ways countries are leveraging the internet for foreign policy gain. GIF diplomacy is taking off. Here the UK uses it to timeline Russia’s actions in Crimea. A Turkish think-tank has launched the...
The Awakening of Societies in Turkey and Ukraine: How Germany and Poland Can Shape European Responses
Among the European Union’s neighbors to the east and southeast, Turkey and Ukraine clearly stand out in their strategic importance. Both countries are central to the broader confrontation between Russia and the West, Turkey holds the keys to Europe’s managing the refugee crisis and to Western engagement with Near Eastern conflicts,...
US Troops To Russia’s Border – To Fight ‘Russian Aggression’
It is going to cost the US $3.4 billion, but Commander of NATO’s European Command Gen. Philip Breedlove announced that the US will be sending thousands of additional troops to deploy on Russia’s border in the Baltics, as well as in Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria. This “European Reassurance Initiative” is said to protect...
Morocco Bids to Replace Turkey, Egypt as Russian Tourist Destination
The North African kingdom wants to quintuple the number of Russian tourists within three years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ivan Vejvoda Tertimony – U.S. Policy Toward National Self-Determination Movements
Mr. Chairman, thank you for the invitation to come and testify before you today. It is an honor to be here before this Subcommittee of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress. I am here to offer my personal views on the question of self-determination. Introduction The democratic revolutions at the end of the 18th and beginning of 19th...
