Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia shows its frustration – 15 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Russia has carried out a total of 15 large-scale missile attacks on energy facilities across Ukraine since October 2022. The most recent one, on 9 March, targeted infrastructure such as electricity transmission and district heating in eight regions, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr and Odesa oblasts. In total, the invaders...
Nearly half of Finnish companies have encountered barriers to international trade
As many as 41% of Finnish companies have experienced trade barriers in their international operations in recent years. Most of the examined trade barriers between 2019 and 2022 occurred in countries outside the EU, especially in Russia, the United States and China. However, according to a study conducted by ETLA Economic Research for the Finnish...
Articles On: Communist Party, Loyalty, Hong Kong, Ukraine, and Digital Yuan
Articles On: Communist Party, Loyalty, Hong Kong, Ukraine, and Digital Yuan LeAnn Sun, 03/12/2023 – 04:00 AUDIO – Was Li Keqiang a quiet reformer or a Communist Party apparatchik? by David Rennie and Alice Su via The Economist Podcast Drum Tower on March 7, 2023 China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins via Associated...
Israel’s Energy Market and the War in Ukraine
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,186, March 12, 2023 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has riled the energy markets of Europe and created opportunities for Israel’s energy sector that contain both risks and rewards. These opportunities include: 1) … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Short List of USAID Subversion Operations
Let’s take a look at USAID, the United States Agency for International Development. The first thing to know: the agency is run out of the State Department. Its pubic relations cover is to provide “international development.” This is code for fomenting regime change and undermining elected governments not on-script with the neoliberal...
Will Regime-Change Now Come to Riyadh?
Friday’s announcement that Iran and Saudi Arabia had restored bilateral ties for the first time in seven years marks a major geopolitical development in the Persian Gulf. As the region’s two main powerhouses, Tehran and Riyadh had found themselves supporting opposing sides in conflicts in both Syria and Yemen over the past decade,...
A new stage in Ukraine’s fight against corruption
On 6 March 2023, the Ukrainian government appointed Semen Kryvonos for a seven-year term as director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the most important institution involved in fighting corruption among senior state and local administration officials. He was one of the three candidates put forward by a selection board...
U.S. Cooperation with China and Russia, Artificial Intelligence, War in Ukraine: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on U.S. security cooperation with China and Russia, artificial intelligence, consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and more. …read more Source::...
Consequences of the War in Ukraine: The End and Beyond
We don’t know yet know how the war in Ukraine may end. Despite heavy casualties, neither side is visibly falling apart or appears ready to back down. While no scenario can be excluded, the unequal strategic situation pushes future war scenarios toward variations of a stalemate. …read more Source::...
Putin’s Military Gains Raise Concerns Ukraine Will Fall: Ex-Ambassador
Putin’s Military Gains Raise Concerns Ukraine Will Fall: Ex-Ambassador zlotx5 Fri, 03/10/2023 – 10:37 quoting Michael McFaul Off Thu, 03/09/2023 – 11:39Hoover Daily Report Friday, March 10, 2023 2 Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/putin-military-gains-raise-concerns-ukraine-fall-17867… Off Off 2 1 Off Off Main Research Feed Off...
