Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
West Urges Russia to Focus Fight in Syria on IS
Obama, Cameron will try to persuade Putin that a Syria deal protecting Moscow’s interests is possible. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How Islamic law can take on ISIS
At prayer in Paris. Jacky Naegelen/ReutersThe media coverage of the terrorist atrocities of Friday November 13 in Paris would seem to promote an almost mythical image of the Islamic State (ISIS). What humanity needs, however, is to demystify ISIS as a criminal organization. And that need is particularly important in my community – the Muslim...
Duma Speaker Blasts Baltics Over Russians’ Rights
Sergei Naryshkin slams Europe for ignoring ‘massive human rights violations’ against Russian minorities. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Propaganda Wars in the Czech Republic
Better that Czech teenagers learn about Russian propaganda in school than be hit by it unprepared. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The EU-Azerbaijan Relationship: Current Status and Future Outlook
On October 27, in Baku, representatives of the Council of Europe and the European Union presented several new projects to be implemented in the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries—Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia as well as Azerbaijan. The two European organizations have allocated 4.7 million euros ($5.1 million) for the...
Islamic State Apparently Wins Its Competition With Caucasus Emirate
Following the killing of the Ingush jamaat’s amir in Nazran on August 31, the Kabardino-Balkarian jamaat also experienced a major setback. The Russian security services managed to kill Robert Zankishiev, who was better known among the armed Islamist underground movement of the North Caucasus as Amir Abdullah, the leader of the jamaat of...
Putin and Lavrov Again Play the Ethnic Compatriot Card
Since the 1990s, Moscow has repeatedly looked beyond Russia’s borders and pledged to come to the assistance of its allegedly victimized fellow Russian citizens, or ethnic Great Russians, or Russian speakers (all three categories apply whenever Moscow finds it desirable to play this card). Transnistria, Georgia and Ukraine each exemplifies...
A Bleak Future In Eastern Ukraine’s Frozen Zone
November 13, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine Recognizes ‘Genocide’ of Crimean Tatars
Activists had long pushed for 1944 mass deportations ordered by Stalin to be declared an act of genocide. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Resurrection of Vaclav Klaus
At the get-together of Kremlin sympathizers in Greece last month, one of the headlines was the presence of Czech former President Vaclav Klaus. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
