Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
US fears Russian attack on internet cables could plunge world into chaos
EPA/Pavel KonovovIt may sound far-fetched at first, but there’s a growing fear of the damage a newly aggressive Russia might inflict in a time of tension or conflict simply by damaging or cutting the undersea cables that carry almost all of the West’s internet traffic. The New York Times reported that Russian submarines and spy ships...
Ukraine’s Local Polls, Marred by Irregularities in Big Cities, Show East-West Split Remains
The ruling coalition won most local elections across Ukraine on October 25, according to preliminary figures. Results from the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) are expected next week, but it is already clear that compared to the 2010 local elections, the kleptocratic elites who used to support former President Viktor Yanukovych lost dominant...
Cossacks Split Between Claiming to Be an Ethnic Group or a Social Class
On October 17, Cossack groups with combat experience held a conference in the city of Mineralnye Vody in Stavropol region. According to the organizers, the conference participants were veterans of the conflicts in Chechnya, Transnistria, Tajikistan, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Crimea, Karabakh, and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. These Cossacks...
Five Steps to Unleash Ukraine’s Economy
Ukraine faces numerous challenges that would be hard for any government to address. However, it must implement economic reforms to stabilize the country and show immediate positive results. Ordinary Ukrainians want to see their bottom line improve, and businesses want fair rules.Developing an effective competition policy to eliminate the...
Kremlin Perplexed by Montenegrin Leader’s ‘Strange’ Statements
Russia is trying to derail his country’s NATO aspirations, Milo Djukanovic says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Forget Russia, European energy security begins at home
With Russian-European relations at a low ebb, now is a tricky time to push forward a new energy agreement between the two. Nevertheless, on September 4, a consortium of energy companies—including Gazprom, Shell, ENGIE, OMV, BASF, and E.ON—signed a shareholders’ agreement on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. With a total capacity of 55 billion...
Yandex Moves Into Algorithmic News Business
Russia’s largest search engine will tap its data-crunching power to send news quicker and more cheaply. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Unveils Moon Landing Plans
Private companies to be allowed into the Russian space services market within five years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why can’t the UN protect civilians in places like Syria?
Wartime Syria Stringer/ReutersTo many Americans, it feels as if the world is becoming a more violent place. Besieged nightly with video of conflicts across the Afghanistan, Nigeria, the Middle East and Ukraine, it would be easy to draw that conclusion. Surprisingly, perhaps, the opposite is true: fewer people die in wars than ever before. The...
Can the EU keep the peace in Europe? Not a chance
Reuters/Yves HermanThe European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 because of its “six decade-long contribution to peace and human rights in Europe”. In 2015, as the UK gears up towards its referendum on EU membership, we hear very often that the EU played a key role in building peace after World War II. For all its faults, the argument...
