Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Nowa publikacja: Quo vadis Ukraino? Czy istnieje szansa na sukces? | Zeszyty mBank–CASE nr 139
Language Polish “Gdybym miał powiedzieć tylko jedną rzecz o Ukrainie, musiałbym podkreślić, że jest to kraj osiągający najgorsze wyniki gospodarcze spośród wszystkich znanych mi krajów” – powiedział Ivan Mikloš, współzałożyciel i prezes think-tanku MESA10 oraz członek Międzynarodowej Rady Doradczej Krajowej Rady Reform Ukrainy,...
Litvinenko Inquiry: Pursuing populism at the expense of foreign policy?
Many of the popular responses to the Litvinenko Inquiry — released nearly a decade after the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 with polonium, probably by former agents of the Russian FSB — have been inane, poorly informed, and wildly speculative. Some have taken the line that having killed off Russian democracy, Vladimir Putin should be...
Russia Security Update: January 12-26, 2016
Download the PDF Russia continues to aggressively posture against NATO from both Ukraine and Syria while casting itself as a constructive actor in both conflicts. U.S. European Command (EUCOM) accused Russia of destabilizing Europe by violating international norms and named deterring Russian aggression as its strategic priority. Moscow announced...
Bypassing Russia, Ukraine Becomes Another “Silk Road” Terminus
Since an uprising unseated the pro-Russian regime of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014, relations between Kyiv and Moscow have gone from bad to worse. Responding to a recent ban of Ukrainian imports and seeking a way to reach post-Soviet Central Asian states and East Asia without transiting Russia, on January 15 Ukraine...
Russia’s Air Operations in Syria Expose Problems
Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine and Syria expose a fundamental distinction in approach: trying to extract itself from the former while showing no sign of applying that strategy to the latter. Officially, an “all is well” message is promulgated by the Russian political-military leadership concerning the air campaign in Syria. Perhaps...
Moscow Shifting from Direct Aggression to Building a Fifth Column in Ukraine
Given Moscow’s desire to get out from under the sanctions regime and the almost equal desire of some Western governments to declare victory and lift it, the Kremlin appears likely to do just enough to claim that it has fulfilled the Minsk Accords and the West to accept that as sufficient to end the Ukrainian crisis. In that event, it is a...
In Ukraine, Putin Tries to Cash In Before Luck Runs Out
Ukraine has become the object of high-stakes diplomacy. This does not mean that fighting has stopped—quite the opposite. Russian forces continue to launch probes and violate the cease-fire agreement; they have substantially reinforced themselves, as have the Ukrainian forces arrayed against them. Nevertheless, a major diplomatic campaign is...
Presidential Crimes Then And Now
Not much remains of the once vibrant American left-wing. Among the brainwashed remnants there is such a hatred of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan that the commitment of these two presidents to ending dangerous military rivalries is unrecognized. Whenever I write about the illegal invasions of other countries launched by Clinton, George W. Bush,...
Making Sense of Minsk: Decentralization, Special Status, and Federalism
Decentralization, special status, and federalism. These terms are three different things, although they are often mistakenly substituted one for another, and some people think one term means another in Ukraine today.The decentralization debate is heating up again as Ukraine faces a legal deadline to pass a constitutional amendment that gives the...
Macedonia Border Killing Heightens ‘Crisis’ Talk
The flow of migrants through Greece remains high despite winter conditions. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
