Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
America’s Russian nuclear obsession
When the Chinese Communist Party held a huge military parade on Tiananmen Square on September 3, it did more than mark the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan. By parading some of China’s most advanced ballistic missiles, it also put America and the world on notice that it has steadily become a major nuclear power. China was jostling...
A three-sided disaster: The American, Russian, and Iranian strategic triangle in Syria
After over four years of fighting, the civil war in Syria is still clearly nowhere near its end. None of the three main power groups—Bashar Assad’s government forces, the Syrian opposition, or the Islamic State (or ISIS)—have been able to obtain a decisive victory. Recent outside interventions haven’t dramatically altered the...
Ukraine and Japan Among Latest Members of U.N. Security Council
October 16, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Legal fight looms over Ukraine’s $3bn debt to Russia
October 16, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Is Putin Really as Foolish as We Are?
(Image: Flickr/Republic of Korea) Nixon lied. Surely this is not a shocker. But what’s interesting about the latest revelation concerning Nixon and Vietnam is that the most duplicitous president in U.S. history actually knew that the U.S. air war in Southeast Asia was a dismal failure. Even as Nixon was telling the media that the saturation...
Lessons from Russia for the Future of Sanctions
This brief reviews the development of US and EU sanctions on Russia in 2014 and early 2015. The author also discusses 1) what led US policymakers to develop new sanctions tools to deal with Russia; 2) the extent to which the sanctions affected Russia’s strategy toward Ukraine; and 3) what lessons the US and the EU can learn from their...
Dutch MH17 Report ‘False,’ Says Buk Missile Manufacturer
Almaz-Antey refutes report findings, sues EU for cost of sanctions. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldova’s Ex-PM Held Over $1bn Fraud
Vlad Filat was arrested in parliament after having his immunity lifted. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
THE RAZUMKOV CENTRE ATTENDED THE GLOBAL AND EUROPEAN THINK TANK SUMMIT IN GENEVA
On 1–3 October 2015, the Global and European Think Tank Summits were held by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme of the University of Pennsylvania (TTCSP) and the Italian Institute for International Policy Studies (ISPI) in Milan. The summits were attended by representatives of over 90 leading think tanks from over 50 countries. At the...
The Political Situation in Ukraine on Eve of Nation-Wide Local Elections
Ukraine is nearing its third nation-wide election campaign since the fall of Viktor Yanukovych’s kleptocratic regime early last year. The ballot marathon commenced with presidential and parliamentary votes in 2014, and is now being followed by local elections, slated for October 25, 2015 (Kyiv Post, October 14). Many observers, analysts and...
