Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Is Syria Putin’s Off-Ramp from the Ukraine Crisis?
Ever since Moscow’s “little green men” appeared in Crimea, the West has been anxious to provide Russian President Vladimir Putin an “off-ramp” from his aggression in Ukraine. US, French, German, and European Union diplomats have made numerous efforts to find a face-saving way for Putin to back off.For the longest...
Europe’s Next Wave of Migrants May Come From Ukraine
In chess, a player is in “zugzwang” when no move will rescue his situation.Russian President Vladimir Putin has put Ukraine in “zugzwang” and, as things now stand, the country is unable to move forward militarily, economically or diplomatically.Without relief, Europe may end up with another deluge of asylum seekers, this...
Syrian Crisis Forcing A New York Meeting Between Obama And Putin
Image credit: istockIn the Newsquoting Michael McFaulvia The Washington PostPresident Obama has not met one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin for more than 15 months but agreed Thursday to sit down with the Russian leader in New York on Monday as part of a broader effort to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Courts Rule on the Effect of Assignment of Arbitration Awards
In its 8 April 2015 decision the Higher Specialised Court of Ukraine confirmed that an application for recognition and enforcement of arbitration award can be served only by an original claimant, who has taken part in the arbitration proceedings. Euler Hermes Services Schweiz AG v OJSC Odessa Fat and Oil Plant became the first case […]...
Ukraine Will Top Agenda of Obama-Putin Meeting
The White House says Ukraine will be at the top of President Barack Obama’s agenda when he meets … …read more Source: American Security Council...
NATO signals to Russia that its aggression in Ukraine hasn’t achieved its goal
Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of foreign affairs and international security programmes at the Razumkov Center, said that to blame Putin’s aggression on western reluctance to draw closer to Ukraine would be to repeat a Kremlin propaganda trick, of accusing others of your own faults. Mr. Melnyk added that apart from army modernization efforts,...
Separatists Order UN, NGOs Out of Luhansk
Rebel demand follows forced closure of aid programs in Donetsk. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Calls Elton John (Really!)
Russian pranksters had duped the British singer into thinking Vladimir Putin had reached out to him – now he actually has. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
On target? EU sanctions as security policy tools
Amid lingering questions over their utility in restraining the proscribed actions of the Assad regime in Syria, curbing Iran’s nuclear programme or softening Russia’s aggressive stance on Ukraine, the EU stands to benefit from a balanced, empirically-informed assessment on how sanctions have been implemented, monitored and enforced....
Election 2015: Devising new defence platforms (Part 3)
A couple of weeks ago, I was frustrated that the major parties had not articulated Defence platforms so I wrote one for the Liberals and then one for the NDP, and then the Liberals came out with their statement. I left the Conservative platform for last. Why? Because it is the hardest to write. Why? Because it could simply be “more of the same”...
