Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Germany, Dump Nord Stream 2
Increasingly, there is growing resentment from Italy, Poland, the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Central European countries about Berlin’s determination to build Nord Stream 2. Nord Stream 2 has become so controversial for its opponents because it runs contrary to Merkel’s policy toward Russia in addition to undermining the EU’s...
Ukraine’s Economic Revival Starting in the West
On January 1, as the West opened its doors to goods from Ukraine, the Kremlin closed its doors to almost all trade with Ukraine. European investors in western Ukraine are also encouraged by the influence of Samopomich, a pro-development, low-corruption political party that dominates Ukraine’s west. This party encourages citizen involvement...
A dangerous moment for Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire
If it starts to seem like Putin is cooperating and Poroshenko stalling, Brussels will likely find it difficult to maintain unanimity on renewing economic sanctions against Russia this summer. The new urgency for a resolution stems from a fear in Western capitals that Poroshenko may now play for time, turning Minsk into an endless blame […]...
Lenin’s Misguided Policies Helped Destroy USSR, Putin Says
Transfer of Donbas region to Ukraine was ‘nonsense,’ Russian leader says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Common Ground for European Defense: National Defense and Security Strategies Offer Building Blocks for a European Defense Strategy
Momentum is growing behind a European defense strategy. Initial plans for the European Global Strategy review process did not foresee a military dimension. However, the violent conflict to Europe’s east and south, as well as terrorist attacks at home, have underlined that the role of military power in international affairs, specifically in...
Breaking The Bribe Culture Is Still A Challenge For Ukraine
January 26, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Not So Fast, Mr. Inozemtsov
Responding to an article that Ambassadors Steven Pifer, William Taylor, and I wrote in The New York Times advocating greater US and EU assistance to Ukraine, Vladislav Inozemtsov wrote a provocative article January 19 in which he makes the case that Kyiv should cede the occupied territories of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), Luhansk...
Putin may be preparing a bombing in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
FROM THE ARCHIVE _______________________ Illarionov: Putin may be preparing a bombing in Saudi Arabia and Qatar A blow to the military, infrastructural and energy facilities Saudi Arabia and Qatar is coveted for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic operation, ex-presidential adviser Andrei Illarionov, Russia. November 18, 2015...
Russia may use a trick of offering its peacekeeping mission in Donbas
In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk explained what threats could arise when the UN Security Council would be addressing the issue of the deployment of peacekeepers in Donbas to resolve the conflict. Since 23 January, the UN...
THE TIDE IS GOING OUT ON PUTIN.
BY WILLIAM COURTNEY , DONALD JENSEN ON 1/24/16 …Russia’s current policies put at risk three key ambitions—material well-being, political stability and the ability to exercise power and influence abroad. “In all three contexts, Russia is losing ground …” Russia is a great power whose reach now exceeds its grasp. Although capable of bold...
