Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Still-Topical Tagliavini Report
Many people are trying to rewrite the history of the 2008 Georgia-Russia War in the light of the Ukraine crisis. The EU’s report on the war is still a useful baseline and a reminder of how different the two conflicts are. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
On Target? EU Sanctions as Security Policy Tools
This report examines the impact of EU sanctions on the countries over which they have been imposed as well as the effectiveness of these sanctions. More specifically, the authors assess 1) the conditions under which sanctions are likely to be successful and effective; 2) the economic impact of EU trade and financial sanctions imposed on Russia;...
Regional Security and Cooperation in the Arctic and Baltic
This commentary argues that the deterioration in relations between Russia and the West that has followed Moscow’s intervention in Eastern Ukraine is having a negative effect on regional cooperation and security in the Baltic and the Arctic regions. The authors outline some of the challenges created by this deterioration in relations,...
European Parliament proposes hiking annual EU budget by €4.4bn
European Parliament proposes hiking annual EU budget by €4.4bnCiting the need to address the refugee crisis and to compensate struggling dairy farmers, MEPs on the European Parliament’s Budget Committee yesterday voted to increase the EU’s draft budget for 2016 to €146.5bn, well above the €142.1bn suggested by member states and the...
Hitting A Sour Note
The Ukraine-Russia conflict has opened deep divisions on the music scene, as some artists take up political stances and others try to avoid controversy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Government We Deserve?
The problem with the twenty-four hour news cycle is that everything being reported comes and goes too quickly to connect the dots. I noted a number of stories during the past several weeks that should have raised all kinds of red flags, particularly if considered together, but they frequently received such limited media coverage and were gone so...
Radio Free Acton: Samuel Gregg and Todd Huizenga on the EU’s Refugee Crisis
On this edition of Radio Free Acton, Acton Institute Director of Research Samuel Gregg and Director of International Outreach Todd Huizenga discuss the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe, the strain that the crisis is putting on the European Union, and what the likely long-term impact of the crisis will be. You can listen to the podcast via the...
Orwell at the UN: Obama Re-Defines Democracy as ‘a Country That Supports US Policy’
In his Orwellian September 28, 2015 speech to the United Nations, President Obama said that if democracy had existed in Syria, there never would have been a revolt against Assad. By that, he meant ISIL. Where there is democracy, he said, there is no violence or revolution. This was his threat to promote revolution, coups and violence against any...
Moscow Launches Hybrid ‘Rail War’ Against Latvia
Russia’s aggression against its neighbors is often called “hybrid” war because it makes use of techniques that give the Kremlin deniability in the eyes of some while allowing Russia to advance its power into the territories of other states. If one accepts that definition, even if not the term itself, then Moscow is now waging a hybrid “rail...
Ukraine Must Embrace Radical Reform Now
If the Ukrainian government does not follow through with an ambitious reform agenda, public support will wane while dissatisfaction will increase, threatening political stability and the country’s future. “There is no time for slow evolutionary changes. Radical and revolutionary reforms are the only way to success,” warns a new...
