Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Classified Ukraine Crisis Death Toll Appears To Have Leaked
August 26, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
China’s navy expands its replenishment-at-sea capability
China’s navy, from its founding in 1949 to the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, was focused on preventing Taiwan from becoming formally independent. This goal did not require long-distance operations that would require an at-sea resupply capability. Now, however, Beijing has declared its status as a global maritime power. Amateurs, it is said,...
How the West Can Stop Russia’s Escalating War in Ukraine
This month, Russia stepped up military pressure on Ukraine, concentrating about fifty thousand troops along its border with Ukraine, using its proxy militias to shell Ukrainian government positions in the Donbas, and threatening Kyiv with “a big war.”The current escalation indicates Russian discontent with Ukraine’s refusal to...
Merkel and Hollande call for “unified asylum system” and “fair sharing” of refugees
Merkel and Hollande call for “unified asylum system” and “fair sharing” of refugeesAt a joint press conference in Berlin yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande called for a “unified asylum system” and a “fair sharing” of refugees across the EU – although they stopped short of endorsing the binding quota...
Facing reality on Iran
Editor’s note: This article appears in the September 7th, 2015 issue of National Review. It is available for National Review subscribers here.When Congress returns to Washington in September, it faces one of its most critical decisions in recent years: whether to reject the Vienna nuclear deal and ostensibly stop President Obama from...
Europe Finds Time to Hector Azerbaijan for Having Tax Laws
Greece is in a constant near-state of collapse. Ukraine burns. Russia’s internal tyranny grows. Southern Europe’s economic stability is questionable at best. The future of the euro as a joint project is dim at best. ISIS rampages across North Africa and Asia Minor, sending waves of refugees into Europe’s strained safety net. Oil...
Is There Still a Ukraine?
Ukraine’s independence day is upon us. It was fun while it lasted. They say that history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. Whatever the truth of this axiom, Vladimir Putin is proving that in his own backyard, he understands history better than anyone in Brussels or Washington. While this isn’t exactly the greatest accomplishment in...
U.S. Told Ukraine To Stand Down On Crimea
In the Newsquoting Michael McFaulvia Japan TimesAs Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces took over Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in early 2014, the interim Ukrainian government was debating whether or not to fight back against the “little green men” Russia had deployed. …read more Source: Hoover...
Ukraine Has Every Right to Play Hardball With Its Creditors
As Ukraine fights Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas, the government is simultaneously engaged in a battle with its foreign creditors for the debt relief it desperately needs to prevent a full-scale economic collapse. Ukraine owes $32 billion in foreign currency Eurobonds.To stave off disaster, the International Monetary Fund and other...
The Azerbaijani First Daughter’s Cozy Russian Retreat
Without an invitation, it’s nearly impossible to take a look at Leyla Alieva’s house near Moscow, since privacy is so highly valued by her neighbors. From OCCRP. Without an invitation, it’s nearly impossible to take a look at Leyla Alieva’s house near Moscow, since privacy is so highly valued by her neighbors. From OCCRP....
