Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
US Plotting Color Revolt in Russia?
The annual meeting of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which is the successor organization to the Soviet-era KGB is an important occasion to take the temperature in the ‘East-West’ relations. (The Cold War cliche is becoming useful once again.) President Vladimir Putin’s customary address at the FSB meeting was the...
How Russia Evades Responsibility for War Crimes in Syria
By @JettGoldsmith Since the start of its bombing campaign in Syria in late 2015, Russia has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments: over 1,000 civilians killed, over two dozen hospitals and aid buildings bombed, and numerous instances of illegal cluster bomb use on civilian populations – all of which puts the Russian Federation squarely...
Six Takeaways from Today’s Dutch Safety Board MH17 Response
On February 25, the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) published responses to questions asked by the Dutch Parliament on February 4 and 10, along with its response to a letter written by Oleg Storchevoy, the Deputy Director of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency. Many of the questions posed by the Dutch Parliament concern the air traffic control...
From Munich to Warsaw: NATO rethinks deterrence
Alberto Perez Vadillo, EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Researcher Munich_Security_Conference.jpg The Munich Security Conference is possibly the biggest annual event in the calendar for global elites talking strategic security and stability. This year’s shindig confirmed that the myriad of challenges facing the world is as complex as ever....
Prospects for U.S.-Russian nonproliferation cooperation
Russia—An Increasingly Unreliable Nonproliferation Partner • Russia is inevitably a player in most nonproliferation issues by virtue of its many roles: as one of three NPT depositary governments, a leading member of the IAEA board, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and a participant in both the Iranian-P5+1 talks and Six-Party Talks...
Berlin and Paris Soften up Kyiv Ahead of ‘Decisive’ Normandy Meeting
In Kyiv, on February 22–23, with a working visit, German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier portrayed the “Normandy” group’s upcoming March 3 meeting in Paris as a make-or-break event, designed to overcome the diplomatic deadlock over “the Ukraine crisis.” The diplomatic process is stuck in a crisis of its own, Steinmeier...
The future of U.S.-Russian arms control
Introduction The United States and Russia concluded the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 2010. New START entered into force in 2011, and by February 2018 each side is required to reduce its strategic forces to no more than 1,550 deployed warheads on no more than 700 deployed strategic missiles and bombers. Since the conclusion of New START,...
Ukraine’s Booming Tech Sector Gets International Attention Despite War
A plain Soviet-era office block squats on a residential street in the beautiful historic city of Lviv, Ukraine. The lobby is dimly lit and there is no seating, only a stern guard who points to the elevator to access local software engineering firm N-iX.The doors part and the offices are an orange and white oasis, with lofty ceilings and light and...
A Year without Boris Nemtsov and of pretend investigation
Words of indignation about the failed investigation are almost redundant. Who seriously expected investigators in Vladimir Putin’s Russia to look for those who had ordered the killing of the President’s fiercest critic, killed close to the Kremlin on February 27, 2015? …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
The Future of Reform in Ukraine
Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, will discuss the future of reform in Ukraine, including the country’s efforts to protect intellectual property rights and other business-related developments. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
