Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Postcard from Minsk
December 2015Fifth-term blues: Belarus needs reform but its leader isn’t keen, Volume 71, Number 6Author: Artyom Shraibman is a contributor to the independent Belarusian news portal www.tut.by Alexander Lukashenka, who was known as the last dictator of Europe until the title drifted to Vladimir Putin, has won a fifth term as president of...
Three Reasons why the West should not Forget about Ukraine
Europe cannot afford to let New Ukraine die, and the élan of a people fighting to join Europe should be an inspiration to Europe’s old guard to build a New Europe too. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
The End of Russia’s ‘International Isolation’: Potential Implications for Ukraine
The Islamist terrorist assault in Paris on November 13, traced in part to the Syria crisis, has conclusively broken what the Barack Obama administration had claimed to be Russia’s international isolation over its aggression in Ukraine. The Paris attack was the turning point in a series of events (all against the backdrop of failed Western...
Russia’s Intervention in Syria: Potential Implications for Ukraine
Russia is angling for recognition as the West’s ally in combating “international terrorism.” This, ostensibly, is the rationale of Russia’s military intervention in Syria—an operation made possible by the forfeiture of the Pax Americana in the Middle East, with ripple effects now engulfing Europe. The Kremlin exploits this opportunity...
Merkel’s Year of Crisis Leadership
Transatlantic TakeIt was German Chancellor Angela Merkel who “stepped in” to keep Europe together when “not once or twice but three times this year there has been reason to wonder whether Europe could continue to exist,” says the TIME article that names her person of the year. In the course of the decade that Angela Merkel has governed Germany,...
International Observers: Eastern Ukraine Fighting Continues
December 10, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Crimea in Darkness
As its power supply slowly returns to normal, TOL looks at how the people of Crimea are coping with blackouts and shortages. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Implementation of the Minsk Agreements and implications of the sanctions on Russia – Time for a stock-take
A measured approach towards Russia …read more Source: European Policy...
Russia Slams IMF-Ukraine Deal, but Won’t Exit Fund
Ukrainian ready to litigate ‘wearing full armor’ if Russia files a lawsuit against the country, premier says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
No German bomb—At least for now
This past September, the U.S. Air Force introduced a cache of 20 new B61-12 nuclear bombs to the Luftwaffe’s Büchel Air Base in western Germany. The upgrade, part of the NATO program on nuclear “sharing,” replaced a higher-yield version of the venerable B61 with a less destructive weapon, but it nonetheless sparked protest by opposition...
