Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin’s Use of the ‘Nuclear Card’
President Vladimir Putin continues to use strong rhetoric not only linked to what he sees as Kyiv’s “responsibilities” to adhere to Minsk II but also in an increasingly controversial area of Russia’s military modernization: namely the future role of the country’s nuclear deterrent. Moscow has also claimed that Kyiv’s...
Nuclear Credibility: What the United States Lost in Ukraine and Pakistan and the Implications for the Iran Deal
As the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 powers continue on past the June 30 deadline, the focus remains on the details of an agreement and whether the negotiators can come to a final resolution. But even as these details continue to be debated, it is important to consider the bigger picture – whether or not an agreement with Iran is...
Arbitrability of Sanctions – Presentation at Kuala Lumpur International Arbitration Week 2015
Yaraslau Kryvoi speaks about arbitrability of sanctions, touching upon the effect of the Belarus, Ukraine and Russian sanctions regimes on arbitration at a conference organised by Kuala Lumpur Regional Arbitration Centre in May 2015. …read more Source: CIS Arbitration...
“The Banking Union: State of Art” – new mBank-CASE publication
Language English It is widely believed that the creation of the banking union initiated the integration of the EU banking market. The process is traced back to June 2012 (EU Summit decided to create the banking union), 4 November 2013 (effective date of the Banking Union Regulation), or 4 November 2014 (operational launch of the Single...
Migrants Riot at Hungarian Camp, Albanian Police-Murder Suspects Arrested
Plus, an OSCE mission reportedly comes under fire in Ukraine, and Azerbaijan opens a naval base on the Caspian Sea. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s ‘History Laws’ Purge It Of Communist Symbols But Divide The Population
June 30, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Operation Baltic Fortress, 2016: NATO Defends the Baltic States
Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine call for an analysis of the potential future scenarios that NATO and its member states should prepare for – especially in the Baltics …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Not Exactly Friends of Greece
After a sometimes-traumatic transition, then austerity, post-communist countries especially have lost patience with Athens. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Making a Martyr of Morsi?
The Execution of Mohammad Morsi will have wide ranging domestic and international ramifications and going ahead with it could make a martyr of a man President Al-Sisi would rather forget. The coup d état in July 2013 in which General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi overthrew Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, has seen a systematic reversion to authoritarian...
Electric Yerevan and Lessons on the Color-Spring Tactic
The Electric Yerevan protest provides us with an excellent opportunity to review some of the basic underlying mechanics and psychology of the Color-Spring tactic. It is important to share these publicly, for it is indeed probable that the Color-Spring tactic will be increasingly applied in the world as a “hybrid soft-power/hard-power...
