Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Who do they think ‘we’ are? Why the BBC should keep its distance
During the Falklands War of 1982, Margaret Thatcher was, apparently, furious at the BBC’s even-handed reporting of the conflict. She lamented what she referred to as the “chilling use of the third person” on hearing the BBC refer to military personnel as “they” rather than “we”. The BBC, however, was clear about the value of its...
Israel Unbound
Israel’s persistent occupation of Palestinian lands is irreparably damaging its international standing—or so the conventional wisdom goes. In fact, Israel currently enjoys a degree of global influence unprecedented in its history, as a slew of new international challenges give its foreign policy, long held hostage by the single issue of...
Chechnya turns into terror zone as another Russian human rights defender attacked
The attack on Igor Kalyapin, head of the Committee against Torture comes just a week after a savage attack on members of his committee and journalists. The chilling message it sends is particularly disastrous given the urgent need for publicity for Russia’s show trial in Grozny of Ukrainian political prisoners Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav...
IMF’s new debt rules not vulture-proof
Every country has some form of domestic bankruptcy procedures, whereby debtors who are unable to repay can come to some equitable collective settlement with their creditors. International debt, however, has no such set of resolution procedures. As international capital flows have increased dramatically over the past two decades, this lacuna has...
Pro-Russian propagandist Graham Phillips detained in Riga
Graham Phillips, a Briton well-known for his propaganda coverage in excruciatingly bad Russian of the Kremlin-provoked and armed conflict in Donbas, has been detained by police in Riga. This has given pro-Kremlin media a particular boost with Phillips himself claiming he was simply standing and filming ‘fascists’. …read more Source:...
Missile Defense in East Asia and New Trends in the Russo-Chinese Partnership
The Russo-Chinese partnership, if not alliance, has frequently encountered challenges and obstacles in the past. Two years ago, Russian Defense Minister Segei Shoigu and his deputy, Anatoly Antonov, openly called for a military alliance against terrorism and color revolutions, although for now, China has remained silent on the matter (Ministry of...
Putin’s Crimea Is No Vacation
Two years ago on March 16, Crimeans voted in a sham referendum for Russia to annex Crimea. Has life improved for the approximately two million people who live there? Not at all. On every measure, from the economy to its treatment of minorities, the beautiful peninsula has become a shell of what it once was.The economic situation in Crimea is...
The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine
March 16, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Human rights in Crimea
Review of human rights situation in the Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Rada’s regulation committee turns down resolution on Yatsenyuk dismissal
The Verkhovna Rada committee on the regulation and organization of the parliamentary work has rejected a draft resolution on the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as it does not meet the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, said First Deputy Chairman of Committee Pavlo Pynzenyk. According to the decision of the committee, the relevant...
