Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Belarusian Stability in Peril
The government in Minsk has long claimed that Belarus’s socioeconomic stability is its major achievement. Indeed, from 1996 to 2014, it experienced positive GDP growth every year, and its living standards were on the rise. However, the conflict in Ukraine ultimately converted this idea of “stability” from a propaganda cliché into a palpable...
Back to the drawing board
Read the PDF. Over the past five years, the U.S. Congress has been continuously browbeaten by the U.S. administration, as well as by a chorus of international leaders, for its failure to approve the G-20 International Monetary Fund reform agreement. Over the same period, however, there have been a number of major developments affecting the IMF...
Memo to GOP Presidential Candidates: Bust Three Myths About Ukraine
Forces hostile to US interests are filling vacuums around the world. It’s Islamic State and Iran in the Middle East. It’s a rising China in East Asia. It’s a bullying, belligerent Russia in Eastern Europe. How to reverse the fraying world order? On September 16, Republican presidential candidates will meet for a second debate,...
Leadership labels: No, Harper is not a neo-con
A recent piece by Matthew Bondy in Foreign Policy argues that Stephen Harper is “the Last Neocon” and “Bush-era Hawk.” Bondy largely supports this view by pointing to Harper’s support for the 2003 Iraq War, Afghanistan and his support for “advancing freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.” Let’s get this straight —...
How Russia and America make the same mistakes in Syria
Russia’s apparent escalation in Syria is less dramatic than it seems, but it still represents another depressing development in the ongoing nightmare of the Syrian civil war. While it appears no Russian troops are engaged in fighting, the volume of military cargo delivered from Russia to Syria by sea and air has significantly increased in...
Foreign Media Companies Selling Up, Quitting Russia
Publishing groups to sell assets before foreign ownership law comes into force. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Says No Peace Without Russian Troop Pullout
September 11, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Jailed for Painting Ukraine’s Colors on Moscow Skyscraper
Four others cleared of vandalism charges in case of painted Soviet star. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
First Anti-EU Referendum Being Forced by Dutch Citizens
Above all, Dutch citizens seem affronted that they were never consulted by their elected officials, who never even mentioned the EU-Ukraine treaty during the 2012 national elections. “Of course there will be transfers of sovereignty. But would I be …read more Source: Gatestone...
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[Translate to English:] Regionale Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in der Arktis- und Ostseeregion
[Translate to English:] Die Krise um die Ukraine hat sich im Verhältnis zwischen dem Westen und Russland längst zu einer grundsätzlichen Vertrauenskrise entwickelt, da Russland die Fundamente der europäischen Sicherheitsordnung in Frage stellt. Das Verhalten in Regionen wie der Ostsee und der Arktis, die Russland mit EU- sowie...
