Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Role in the North Korea Conundrum: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
The E-Note 1) reviews the history of Russia’s engagement with North Korea, and 2) traces how Moscow’s approach towards the Hermit Kingdom has changed in the wake of the 2013/2014 Ukraine crisis. Basically, Russia’s growing deference to Chinese interests in East Asia may result in the two countries aligning their interests on...
Russian Athletes ‘Still Doping’
German documentary gives new evidence of Russian athletes and coaches violating IAAF and WADA regulations. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Queer wars: the best place to start promoting gay rights is at home
Australia detains asylum seekers in a country that criminalises homosexuality. AAP/Dan HimbrechtsWhen Austrian singer Conchita Wurst headlined the Mardi Gras afterparty on Saturday night it seemed as though all of Sydney was celebrating. Yet Wurst’s message of “respect and tolerance” continues to be controversial. Wurst won the 2014...
Maria Savchenko: Help Save My Daughter
The Kremlin remains silent as calls mount throughout the world for imprisoned Ukrainian former pilot and MP, Nadiya Savchenko’s release. Nadiya Savchenko has been on total dry hunger strike since Friday, and her lawyer believes that she may be too weak by Wednesday to be taken to court …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukraine’s Government appoints Homophobic Family Ombudsman
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has chosen as Ombudsman on Family Matters Adrian Bukovynsky, known for his highly contentious views on the subject of LGBT rights, support for a Russian-style law banning ‘propaganda of homosexuality’ and some seriously offensive pronouncements. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Air strikes and Results.
Mariam Gureshidze /GCSSI Club of young analysts/ In 2016 the Middle East will be a continuation of the current chaos and destruction and will have the status of instability region. 2015 and the beginning of 2016 shows that despite diversity opinions between Russia and U.S the main problem is the IS. In 2014 the ISIS conquered the great territory...
Belarus: 19th Century Geopolitics Lives On
In January 2009, that is, during the previous (2008–2010) thaw between Belarus and the West, the International Monetary Fund set up a line of credit for Minsk worth $2.46 billion and then increased it to $3.56 billion precisely when (June 2009) Russia reneged on transmitting the final $500,000 portion of its own $2 billion loan to Belarus...
Russia Is Giving up on Its Tragedies—and on Itself
President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating is regularly accepted as a proxy measure for the level of Russia’s internal cohesion. And his support remains on a sky-high plateau, where it has stood since the explosion of jingoism caused by the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 (Levada.ru, February 26). However, powerful and divisive...
Russia, Japan, and the G7
A panel discussion with: Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations Joshua Walker, German Marshall Fund Moderator: Clyde Prestowitz, President and Founder of the Economic Strategic Institute Japan-Russia relations are at an important crossroads. This May Japan will preside over the annual meeting of G7 countries, a club that Russia was suspended...
Russia Declares War on Crimean Tatars
Two years after invading and annexing Crimea, Russia appears ready to outlaw the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, the representative body of the largest indigenous people of the peninsula. It is unclear whether Western countries will respond with more than words of deep concern if the Mejlis and its 2,300 representatives at various levels are criminalized....
