Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Unpacking the Vatican’s Diplomatic Failure in Reaching a Ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine War
The Vatican’s diplomatic attempts at achieving an immediate ceasefire in the Russian war against Ukraine have failed from the very outset. Ever since the start of the Russian invasion, Pope Francis has ardently sought to mediate between the two states, directing his attention primarily towards pressing humanitarian issues, including the...
Dithering Biden is Seriously Harming Ukraine’s Victory Prospects
While U.S. President Joe Biden has constantly pledged his support for Kyiv, his rhetoric has invariably failed to result in providing the Ukrainians with the military support they require. Even when, as happened earlier this year, the White House …read more Source:: Gatestone...
New Chapters in Iran’s Proxy Strategy to Fight the West
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,197, May 18, 2023 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: With the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the Islamic Republic of Iran found a new avenue through which to carry on its anti-Western and anti-Israeli missions. Tehran has pledged … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
A renewed look at Russia’s wartime economy
In late May 2022, the Financial Statements event series took stock with Iikka Korhonen on Russia’s economic outlook three months after the start of its large-scale aggression against Ukraine. A year later, this session provides an update on the cyclical and structural impact of prolonged war. Joining this episode of Financial Statements...
A Conversation With Adam Smith
U.S. Representative Adam Smith discusses the future of U.S. defense priorities, including continued support for Ukraine from the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). …read more Source:: Council on Foreign...
Appreciating and mobilising Germany. Zelensky in Berlin
As part of his European trip, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky visited Berlin on 14 May, where he met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and attended a meeting of Germany’s security cabinet (which Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock,...
Ukraine: A Confident State on the Frontier
Ukraine: A Confident State on the Frontier zlotx5 Tue, 05/16/2023 – 15:41 Ukraine: A Confident State on the Frontier Tragically for its people, Ukraine is on the path of Russia’s persistent westward push and thus it serves as the West’s rampart. Ukraine is the antemurale of Europe. With Ukraine under Moscow’s domination,...
The Future of Europe
The Future of Europe zlotx5 Tue, 05/16/2023 – 15:35 The Future of Europe We are now more than a year into Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. With massive losses on both sides, this conflict has become a war of attrition with seemingly no end in sight. The strategic effects have reverberated across Europe and the world. The...
Russia’s Renewal of NATO
Russia’s Renewal of NATO zlotx5 Tue, 05/16/2023 – 15:53 Russia’s Renewal of NATO Both the nature and the membership of NATO is very much up in the air. As few as five years ago, the sense of fracturing within NATO was palpable. There were geographic divisions along both north and south, and east and west axes, with each region...
NATO’s Flawed Nature
NATO’s Flawed Nature zlotx5 Tue, 05/16/2023 – 15:44 NATO’s Flawed Nature The war in Ukraine altered the nature and membership of NATO in a positive fashion. Although, without intense escalation—i.e., a widening war in Eastern Europe or East Asia—actual long-term positive change or membership augmentation, remains doubtful due to...
