Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Terror attacks put journalists’ ethics on the front line
h Everyone along the street seemed to be watching the same thing. The evenings were still light and curtains were not yet drawn, so people’s TV sets were visible through their ground-floor windows. All the screens showed the burning Twin Towers. This mass consumption of the same news – as happened on September 11, 2001 – is rarer now. The...
Kennan Cable No.15: Ukraine: What’s a Language For?
In the current conflict in Ukraine, one of Russia’s most effective propaganda weapons is its ability to fuel the fear in Ukraine’s eastern regions that the new government in Kyiv will enact laws against use of the Russian language and repress speakers of Russian. In 2014, in the aftermath of Euromaidan, the Ukrainian parliament, the...
Ukrainian President Talks Of A Swap For Pilot Convicted In Russia
Russian foreign minister says only Putin can make such an agreement. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kremlin Outraged at Ukrainian Claim That Russia Linked to Brussels Attacks
Top official in Kyiv draws harsh response from Russian politicians who also use the opportunity to denounce Western ‘double standards.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
After the terrorist attacks in Brussels: fight or surrender?
… The most important thing is clear: it is only the beginning. Mar 23, 2016 Avraham Shmulevich On the morning of Tuesday, March 22 three explosions at the Brussels airport. Later, four bombs exploded in the Brussels metro. Killing at least 31 people (11 at the airport, 20 meters), about 200 were injured. the highest alert level was announced,...
Separatists Launch New “Passportization” Strategy in Eastern Ukraine
On March 16, the separatist leaders of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) began issuing their own passports in eastern Ukraine. The territory’s militant leader Aleksander Zakharchenko called the move “a very important step toward building statehood” that will serve to solidify and formalize the territory’s...
Russian Elite Opinion After Crimea
Information about the views of the Russian elite, a segment of the population that has grown increasingly guarded and circumspect during the 2000s, is hard to come by. Nevertheless, aggregate data analysis suggests some conclusions about key features of elite opinion following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. | Русский …read...
Memo to Secretary Kerry: Russia Is Weaker Than You Think
When US Secretary of State John Kerry goes to Moscow this week, he should keep in mind that Russia’s recent military engagements in Ukraine and Syria represent an attempt to manipulate perceptions. The Kremlin wants to position itself as a peer of America, open to cooperation against ISIS, but capable of military threats against US allies,...
The Russians Are Leaving Syria. Why the Surprise?
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 334, March 23, 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The partial departure of Russian forces from Syria reflects Vladimir Putin’s achievement of several well-defined goals, including the stabilization of Bashar al-Assad and the bolstering of Russia’s global diplomatic position. The resultant balance of power in...
Ioannis Karras: Ukraine Needs Patience to Get into the EU
Ioannis Karras, Assistant Professor of History Freiburg University, Visiting Lecturer International Hellenic University Thessaloniki …read more Source: Institute of World...
