Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Greece’s Lesson for Ukraine: More Populism, Please
Can Western governments learn anything from the Greek fiasco that will produce a better result in Ukraine? There are countless differences between the two situations, but one big similarity should worry us: In both countries an economic crisis has begotten a political crisis, and the two have begun to feed on each other. …read more Source:...
Greece’s Russian fantasy; Russia’s European delusion
The striking outcome of this Sunday’s Greek referendum is that the collective attitude departed so decisively from common sense. The question on the ballot was convoluted, but the voters were well-informed about the EU’s demands. Having spent a week lining up at ATMs, Greeks grasped the reality of the coming bankruptcy—and yet, they...
Kremlin Opposes MH17 Tribunal, EU Membership Hopes Grow in Balkans
Plus, Russian police raid an election monitor’s offices, and Czech prisons are full again after amnesty. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Repression of Crimean Tatars Intensifies Under Russia, Says New Turkish Report
Russian authorities have forced Crimean Tatars to become Russian citizens and curtailed their freedoms of speech, language, education, and residence—as well as their right to a fair trial. That’s according to an independent group of Turkish scholars sent to Crimea to investigate human rights violations after Russia annexed the peninsula on...
Will Putin roar again?
Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a weak and discredited “Paper Tiger” and not a long-term threat to the West. Economist Sergey Aleksashenko warns against too easily discounting Russia as weak. Pavel Baev counters that Aleksashenko misunderstands the sources of Russian strength. This debate is...
Here’s Why Armenia Is Not Ukraine
The Electric Yerevan protest officially ended July 7, two weeks after it began as a reaction to the Armenian government’s 16.7 percent increase in electricity prices. But the social movement behind it will likely continue influencing Armenia until the country makes serious political reforms.Thousands marched on Yerevan’s Baghramyan...
Prime Minister Fico’s Russian card
2015-07-01Jakub GroszkowskiSince the beginning of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, the position of Slovakia’s left-wing government towards Russia has been ambiguous. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Greece debacle marks the failure of German leadership in Europe
In Greece, with one in four unemployed, the people have voted (once again) for an end to self-defeating austerity imposed from abroad. In Brussels and in Berlin, officials and ministers declare their loyalty to a ‘European’ vision of monetary and fiscal rectitude that might have borrowed its name from Foucault (‘discipline and...
The meaning of Russia’s nuclear threats
Event Information July 8, 2015 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDTSaul/Zilkha Rooms Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 This event has reached capacity and registration is now closed. In an unwelcome throwback from the Cold War past, Russian diplomacy in recent months has featured a variety of nuclear threats, ranging...
Russia Faces Mismatch in Threat Assessment and Defense Capacity
Moscow still fails to properly calibrate the relationship between threat assessment and modeling a military to match, with complementary defense industry support. Recent statements from the top brass suggest that a reassessment of Russia’s perceived threat environment is well underway, while the idea of promoting military...
