Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Hybrid Warfare: Iranian and Russian Versions of “Little Green Men” and Contemporary Conflict
This paper both compares and analyzes the types of hybrid or non-linear warfare being conducted by Russia in Eastern Ukraine and by Iran in the Shia-majority areas of Iraq. The text’s author ultimately contends that both approaches represent “acts of preclusive imperialism” that are intended to establish new spheres of influence...
After Default To Putin, What’s Next In Russia-Ukraine Bond Row
December 21, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine: Still Hoping For Change
December 21, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
‘Russian’ Airstrikes Kill Over 46 in Syria
Attack on rebel-held Idlib coincided with HRW report accusing Russia and embattled President Bashar al-Assad of using banned cluster bombs. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Juncker Proposes Visa-Free Travel for Georgia, Ukraine, Kosovo
Move is a snub to Russia which failed to secure the same benefit – if only for business leaders – even before the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Crimea in Darkness, Part 3
As Crimea’s power supply slowly returns to normal, TOL looks at how people are coping with blackouts and shortages. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Clash of Stupidity: Republican Debate Part V
Watching the Republican debates has become a surreal experience, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. Terrorism in general and ISIS in particular were very much the focus area of the fifth and final GOP presidential debate in 2015 and fear is what’s for Christmas. There was actually nothing to debate during the undercard...
Office of Largest Opposition Party in Georgia Comes Under Attack
On the night of December 9, unidentified assailants attacked an office of the most influential opposition party of Georgia, United National Movement (UNM), in the town of Dedoplistskaro, near the capital of Tbilisi (Civil Georgia, December 10). Former Georgian president (2008–2013) and the current governor of Odesa oblast in Ukraine (since May...
Conserved Conflict: Russia’s Innovations in Ukraine’s East
Russia’s conflict undertaking in Ukraine’s east fits within patterns familiar from other post-Soviet conflicts, initiated by Russia and conserved on Russian terms with international assistance (see EDM, December 17). However, Russia’s war in Ukraine’s east involves a number of major political and military innovations in...
Russia Says Unsurprised by Ukraine’s Refusal to Pay Debts, Will Win Court Case
December 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
