Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Looking Back at The Future: The Cosmonaut Legacy
Launching the first man into space was the greatest achievement of Soviet communism. But it may also have sown the seeds of its ultimate downfall. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Eurovision Pick Laments Purge of Crimean Tatars
The song ‘1944′ decries Stalin’s deportation of ethnic Tatars from the peninsula that Russia annexed two years ago. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The problem with Thomas Piketty
Perhaps more accurately, we should say one of the problems with the work of Thomas Piketty. As Brad Delong points out, the central contention is as follows: Hotshot French economist Thomas Piketty, of the Paris School of Economics, looked at the major democracies with North Atlantic coastlines over the past couple of centuries. He saw five...
Will Syria Ceasefire Deal End War, or Lead to Nuclear Exchange?
As co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group, the US and Russia announced yesterday an agreement on the “cessation of hostilities” in Syria that is scheduled to go into effect at midnight on February 27th. According to the agreement, the militaries of the US-led coalition, Russia, and Syria would at that point cease hostile...
Opposition Calls Kadyrov ’Private Army’ Threat To Russia
A leaked excerpt from the report by the Russian opposition on Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accuses him of amassing a 30,000-strong “private army” that constitutes a threat to national security. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kremlin-backed militants drive out another vital aid charity as ’western spies’
Marina Cherenkova has been released after nearly a month imprisoned and ‘deported’, with her vital ‘Responsible Citizens NGO effectively accused of being a cover for western security services. There is no news about renowned religious specialist Ihor Kozlovsky taken prisoner a few days earlier …read more Source: Kharkiv...
For Now, Italy’s Relations With Azerbaijan Do Not Upset Russia
The steady build-up of Italy’s long-term economic partnership with Azerbaijan is adding an important geopolitical dimension to Rome’s foreign policy. Sitting on the fence, Russia is monitoring the current trade and infrastructure dynamics between Baku, Rome and the European Union. The Kremlin is always sensitive to Western maneuvering...
For Moscow, Talks Are About Sowing Discord, not Solving Conflicts
A ceasefire in Syria, which appeared possible if not probable in early February, has again turned out to be unreachable. And in hindsight, it is rather obvious that it never had a chance. The deal that was negotiated on the side lines of the Munich security conference between United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign...
Video: Russia’s Economy and Implications for Russia’s Future
After a decade of record growth, Russia’s economy began to slow after 2008. This slowdown accelerated when falling oil prices combined with Western sanctions over Ukraine to exacerbate the effects of a still-unreformed economic system. Today, few can argue that Russia’s economy is in serious trouble. But where will it go from here?...
Ukraine: Italy and Europe in the new geopolitical scenarios, hearing with experts
Chamber of Deputies Committee III (Foreign affairs) – 11 March 2014Fact-finding investigation on the projection of Italy and Europe in the new geopolitical scenarios. Strategic and security priorities: Hearing of Marco Di Liddo, Ce.S.I. (Centro Studi Internazionali), Vincenzo Camporini, Vice President IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)...
