Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s nuclear doctrine takes an alarming step backwards
In a lengthy piece published earlier this week, Vox media journalist Max Fisher details how a conflict between the US and Russia could spiral into a nuclear war. As with all Vox content, it has pop-art, like this ‘choose your own adventure’ World War III flow-chart. Fisher does brush over a few things. He says Cold War leaders...
Net Setback for Moldova and Its Reforms in the Latest Elections (Part Three)
*To read Part One, please click here. *To read Part Two, please click here. Politician Renato Usatii is a native of Moldova but is a product of the Vladimir Putin era in Russia. Born in 1978, near Balti, of indeterminate ethnicity and more fluent in Russian than Moldovan/Romanian, he lived from 2004 until 2014–2015 in Russia and amassed (or so it...
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania May Be Bargaining Chips for Moscow in a Quid Pro Quo Game
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office (Genprocuratura) announced it was investigating the legality of the independence of the Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—which were recognized by the State Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in September 1991. In late June, the Genprocuratura announced as illegal the...
Russia Halts Gas Supplies To Ukraine After Talks Break Down
July 2, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine’s Easy, Misunderstood Babel
July 2, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Says It Can Defy Strasbourg Court, Hungary Woos Legion of Emigrants
Plus, Georgia’s economic slowdown worsens, and Macedonia’s Zaev dares authorities to come and get him. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Greece — what next? Realtime webinar
Greece is counting down to the Sunday referendum which will decide on the country’s future. European leaders warn that the failure to reach the deal will most likely push Greece to leave the Eurozone. Whatever the outcome is, we invite you to a heated debate, featuring major experts from all over the world. On 9 July 15:00 CET, CASE-Centre...
Here’s How the Kremlin Manufactured a Civil War in Ukraine
The war in eastern Ukraine is a Kremlin-manufactured conflict. The arrival of “little green men” in Crimea in February 2014 transformed the conflict from a domestic altercation between citizens and their government to an international crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly acknowledged in a government-sponsored documentary...
Saving Ukraine
Addressing the challenges facing Ukraine will require policymakers inside and outside the country to stabilize its economy, protect its territory, and create breathing room for reforms. In order to accomplish this, they will also have to secure greater cooperation from Russia. …read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Powers and Plots
A steady supply of conspiracy theories helps Eastern Europeans (and many others) to cope – by not coping. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
