Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Blockade of Crimea Is Continuing Peacefully
On September 20, Crimean Tatars launched a nonviolent protest action that they have named the “Citizens’ Blockade of Crimea” to suspend the transfer of goods from mainland Ukraine to the occupied territory of the Crimean peninsula. The peaceful blockade is taking place at Kalanchak, Chongar (headquarters) and Chaplinka—three main crossing...
Supping with Putin in Syria
What’s so bad about Russia’s declared intention to bomb ISIS in Syria? “What difference does it make,” to quote Mrs. Clinton out of context, if the bombs drop from Russian planes or from US, French or British ones? Isn’t the enemy of my enemy my friend?Whether playing devil’s advocate or just pursuing journalistic due...
Status and security: how Russian media is spinning airstrikes in Syria
Putin talks, Russia listens. EPA/Yuri KochetovEven before the Russian air force launched its first strikes over Syria, there was already a Russian presence on the battleground. These were not the spetsnaz, Kremlin’s special forces, but war correspondents from the leading Russian media outlets. This was as clear a sign as any that the...
Russian Rocket System Seen in Ukraine for First Time — OSCE
October 2, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
European Leaders Discuss Ukraine as Russia Flexes Muscle in Syria
October 2, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
What’s in a Deconfliction? The Practical Challenges of US-Russian Military Cooperation in Syria
October 2, 2015 By Michael Purcell While it is hard enough to get past the most obvious and fundamental challenge to US-Russian military cooperation in Syria—the failure of the two sides to agree on a desired end goal—there are also a handful of serious practical obstacles to potential effective military cooperation. The current focus on...
Partners in Leadership? Germany and the United States 25 Years After Unification
Transatlantic TakeWASHINGTON—President George HW Bush called for Germany to be a Partner in Leadership with the United States in May 1989, six months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He did this in anticipation of the changes that were building, sensing that with the end of the Cold War, Germany would be the central power in Europe. Chancellor...
Putin unleashed
This article appears in the October 12, 2015 edition of The Weekly Standard (Vol. 21, No. 5).By any objective measure, Russia has made a strategic decision to challenge America for dominance in the Middle East. Despite depressed global oil prices and economic sanctions intended to curb his Ukraine adventurism, Vladimir Putin is pursuing an...
Western ‘Information War’ Moves From Ukraine to Syria, Russia Says
Ukraine enjoys a quiet spell as leaders gather in Paris to consolidate the peace process. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s air strikes in Syria are merely the latest example of the Obama Doctrine’s failure
If the humiliation of the Obama administration continues at this rate, by this time next week you should expect to see Secretary of State John Kerry on all fours at the United Nations, getting paddled by the Russian foreign minister and shouting, “Thank you, comrade! May I have another?”On Monday, President Obama and Vladimir Putin had a meeting...
