Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ethnic Russians Leaving Central Asia and With Them, Putin’s Hopes for Influence
Because Vladimir Putin has made the presence of ethnic Russians in other countries so central to his efforts to expand Moscow’s influence, their departure from any region or country means far more now than it did a decade ago. Nowhere has their exit been more massive—and, consequently, the influence of ethnic Russians on local governments...
Russian Magazine Fined After Story on Putin Daughter
The Russian president fiercely guards his family’s privacy, but details about his two daughters keep trickling out. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Thanks But No Thanks, Mr. Inozemtsev: A Response from Kyiv
What is wrong with Vladislav Inozemtsev’s recent opinion piece on how to help Ukraine?The problem with his article is not his advice itself, as flawed as it is, but the logic on which it is built. He uses the logic of imperialism, of an authoritarian state, of conspiracy theorists for whom the world is a chessboard and a powerful few are...
Petro Burkovskyi – Deputy Chief of the Analytical and Information Division National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kiev
In the last eight years the European Union has endured a series of unprecedented crises. These have included the global ‘credit crunch’ of 2008-9 that threatened to break up the eurozone, the spillover of Islamist violence and extremism in the wake of the ‘Arab Spring’ and ensuing civil wars in Libya and Syria, and the ‘hybrid...
Ending the Curse of Oil: Is It Possible?
Emma Ashford Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World By Leif Wenar Oxford University Press, 2015, $27, 552 pages The oil magnate J. Paul Getty once described his formula for success: “Rise early, work hard, strike oil.” He could not have been more wrong when it comes to states with substantial endowments of natural...
Maidan: A Tale of Two Movies
One is in the running for an Oscar, another, very different take aired on French television despite Kyiv’s objections. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The plans of the Pentagon – “constrain Putin” in Europe and invest in technologies.
RUSSIAN ANALYSIS OF WESTERN PRESS ___________________________________ February 2, 2016 The draft US defense budget for 2017 fiscal year implies an increase in the provision for long-term weapons and the American presence in Europe – the Pentagon intends to confront the “technological and military achievements of Russia and China” as well as “to...
The South Caucasus concert: Each playing its own tune
The countries of the South Caucasus have very different interdependent relations with the European Union (EU), Russia, Turkey, the United States (US) and Iran. Tensions between the EU-US and Russia over Ukraine are further entrenching these interdependent relations and hampering development in the South Caucasus. How can Brussels increase its...
UK reform package to be tabled in Brussels today
UK reform package to be tabled in Brussels todayThe BBC reports that national parliaments will be given new powers to block unwanted EU laws as part of the UK’s negotiation. To trigger the so-called ‘red card’, at least 55% of the EU’s national parliaments would have to join forces within twelve weeks of a new law being proposed...
Confrontation With the West Becomes Personal for Putin—and Inescapable
Last week’s (January 26) reporting in the Western media that the United States government was linking Russian President Vladimir Putin to corruption has rocked Russian domestic politics. Specifically, a recent BBC documentary carried remarks to this effect by Acting US Treasury Department Under Secretary Adam J. Szubin, who heads the Office...
