Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why Georgia’s quest for Euro-Atlantic integration matters more than ever
Seven years after his invasion of the former Soviet Republic, Russian President Vladimir Putin is busy in Georgia again. Since early summer, Russian-backed security forces have been inching further into the country from the breakaway province of South Ossetia to install signs unilaterally creating a new border with Georgia. As a result of the new...
Exiled Russian Lawmaker Ilya Ponomarev: Current US Sanctions Won’t Work
The United States must expand the scope of its sanctions well beyond Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle if this effort—a response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine—is to have any real impact, says a Russian lawmaker. “The [US] government machine is doing what it can do,...
NATO, EU Need Political Will from Europe to Tackle Challenges
In recent years we have witnessed significant changes in Europe’s eastern and southern neighborhood that have had a profoundly negative impact on our security. The threat from the East, whose nature could be described as traditional or conventional, stems from Russia’s aggressive posture. The illegal annexation of Crimea and the armed...
Ukraine’s wartime nationalism
The revolution and the war in Donbas that followed it have brought about deep changes in the way Ukrainian citizens think about the national community. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
New polls show wavering support for SYRIZA ahead of new elections
New polls show wavering support for SYRIZA ahead of new electionsThe Head of the Greek Supreme Court Vassiliki Thanou was yesterday appointed as caretaker Prime Minister, making her Greece’s first female Prime Minister. The caretaker cabinet will be sworn in at noon today with the country then moving to new elections. A new ProRata election...
The Curious Case of the Soviet Star Painter
On August 17, Moscow’s Tagansky District Court initiated proceedings on the so-called “roofers’ case”: Last year, roofer Pavel Ushivets scaled the golden pinnacle of a Stalin-era skyscraper and painted half of it blue to resemble Ukraine’s national colors, then planted a Ukrainian flag on its spire. Instead of arresting the...
Reconciling Positions Of The Ukrainian Crisis
In the Newsfeaturing Henry A. Kissingervia Russia Beyond The HeadlinesIn a recent interview, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger suggested the possibility of reconciling the different positions of those involved in the crisis in Ukraine, raising hopes that a resolution could be brokered peacefully. …read more Source: Hoover...
Russia’s Arctic illusions
U.S. chairmanship in the Arctic Council will receive a needed boost from the upcoming conference in Anchorage, which President Barack Obama is due to address on August 31. His message is predictable: He’ll talk about climate change. Russia has received an invitation to the conference, but decided to send a fairly low-level delegation....
Ukraine Wins Debt Relief As Russia Refuses To Join Agreement
August 27, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia: Scenes From a Trial
Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko stand convicted of terrorism in Russia. Their supporters say the trial of the Ukrainian patriots was a farce. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
