Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Radars for Ukraine: Obama’s Signal to Putin
A day after US President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States announced that it will ship long-range counter-battery radars to Ukraine. Obama authorized $20 million to provide the country with radars, bringing US security assistance to Ukraine up to $265 million. Obama’s message is clear: the United...
Yesterday, the Northern Lights went out: The Arctic and the future of global energy
This week, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it would postpone oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea and the broader American Arctic indefinitely. The decision came in the wake of disappointing output from its Burger field, the high costs associated with the project (already nearing $7 billion), the “challenging and unpredictable federal regulatory...
Ukraine, Russian-Backed Rebels Agree To Withdraw Weapons
September 30, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
‘Russian Soldiers’ on Trial in Ukraine
Foreign military intelligence officers’ hearing coincides with Ukrainian pilot’s trial resuming in Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why a new Cold War with Russia is inevitable
This is a critical moment in U.S-Russia relations. The civil war in Ukraine is settling into a mutually hurtful stalemate; a workable nuclear deal with Iran has been concluded; and Russia is ramping up its presence in Syria, which increases the danger of confrontation with the United States but also opens up the potential for cooperation against...
Transforming Ukraine: Successes and Obstacles on the Way to Reform
This is a transcript of an interview with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on his country’s reform agenda and its energy policies. Among other issue, Prime Minister Yatsenyuk addresses 1) corruption in Ukraine as well as what economic, political and judicial reform his government is undertaking to address this problem; 2) what...
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...
