Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Is the transition to a professional army possible in Ukraine?
In his column on the website Novoe Vremia, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Prgrammes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk wrote about a possibility of the transition to a professional army in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Stay Classy, Russia
Russia’s United Nations delegation walked out of a speech by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, citing the speech’s “aggression.” Read that again, to savor it. …read more Source:...
Russian Memories of Soviet-Afghanistan Conflict Cloud Syria Operation
More than 25 years after the Soviet Army withdrew from Afghanistan, Russia is engaged in an out-of-area operation beyond its frontiers. The Kremlin’s message alleges the air campaign is restricted to combatting the Islamic State in Syria though most of the sorties carry out strikes on the rebel opposition. However, the Kremlin has been...
“No Fighting” in Ukraine is Not “Peace”
The main problem with the West’s approach to Russian President Vladimir Putin is that it doesn’t seem to know who it’s dealing with. In an excellent article in Foreign Policy, Raymond Tanter states the bleatingly obvious—the Russian leader is nothing but a bully and should be treated as such. While the United States and Europe...
Really, actually avoiding a new Cold War
Any interesting argument on foreign policy can be attacked from many, even opposing angles. So it is with enormous gratification that we see that our argument about the possibility and need to avoid a new Cold War with Russia has drawn fierce criticism from both Moscow and Washington. First, from Russia (with if not love than at least respect),...
Recent Quiet In Ukraine Offers Hope For A Peaceful Resolution
October 20, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
South Ossetian Leader Seeks Union With Russia
Georgian breakaway territory has cut off nearly all links with Tbilisi. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Yanukovych Sues Kyiv for Rights Breaches
Ukraine courts are biased and influenced by senior officials, former president claims. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Threat Perception in Central Asia in Response to Russia-Ukraine: Will Not be Next
This paper examines 1) how Central Asian governments have reacted to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 as well as the country’s involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine; and 2) whether, in light of the Ukraine crisis, Russia poses a threat to Kazakhstan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The authors contend that...
MH17 ‘justice’ takes several forms, none simple
Achieving ‘justice’ for the victims of the MH17 downing is not a straightforward task. AAPThe Dutch Safety Board’s final report into the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 definitively found that the crash was caused by the detonation of a 9N314M warhead. The warhead was launched by a Russian-made Buk...
