Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
In Bid to Join NATO, Sweden and Finland Back Turkish Repression of Kurds
As Ukrainians face a brutal and ongoing Russian siege, NATO’s July summit has endangered and betrayed Kurdish people, cruelly trading the fate of one occupied and repressed group for another. The most celebrated news out of the summit was the fact that the last hurdles had been removed to Sweden joining the alliance, with Finland having...
Turkey’s New Cabinet
The inclusion of technocrats and bureaucrats in Turkey’s new cabinet has led to cautious optimism over a possible change in direction. While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s choice of economy minister hints at a reset, the thrust of foreign policy will remain unchanged. Here Ankara will pursue a moderate and diplomatic approach while...
Russia’s game with the West: Moscow withdraws from the grain deal
On 17 July, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov announced that the Russian Federation had withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initiative; on the same day, the Russian foreign ministry also conveyed this decision to Turkey, Ukraine and the UN Secretariat. By refusing to extend the agreement, Russia revoked its security guarantees for the transit of...
Ukraine: two years’ free trading of arable land
Two years ago, on 1 July 2021, a law on the land market came into effect which enabled trade in arable land for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine. Over these 24 months, more than 400,000 hectares of land have been sold, accounting for around 1.5% of the land covered by this law. Although the Russian invasion launched in...
Second successful attack on the Crimean Bridge. Day 509 of the war
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was never about NATO
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Putin’s biggest mistake was believing Ukrainians were really Russians
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Next Steps For Bringing Ukraine Into NATO: Win The War, Meet The Conditions
Next Steps For Bringing Ukraine Into NATO: Win The War, Meet The Conditions LeAnn Tue, 07/18/2023 – 10:40 Michael McFaul On Mon, 07/17/2023 – 11:39Hoover Daily Report Tuesday, July 18, 2023 3 McFaul’s World https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/next-steps-for-bringing-ukraine-into Off Off International Affairs Russia 3 1 Off Off...
Ukraine in the face of a demographic catastrophe
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has aggravated the country’s already extremely difficult demographic situation, creating the prospect of a demographic catastrophe. Over the course of its three decades of independence, Ukraine has experienced a deepening population loss due to negative birth rates and high migration dynamics. Although...
Kroenig and Ashford debate the potential of NATO membership for Ukraine
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