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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      France Is Prepared to Supply Advanced Air Defense Infrastructure to Georgia
      Jun29

      France Is Prepared to Supply Advanced Air Defense Infrastructure to Georgia

      On June 15, during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, where important deals for arms supplies are often agreed, Georgia signed its first ever large contract with France on supplies of defense military equipment (Civil Georgia, June 16). The description of the equipment is quite unclear, since no one, with the exception of a narrow circle of...

      North Caucasians May Turn Into Third-Class Citizens in Russia
      Jun29

      North Caucasians May Turn Into Third-Class Citizens in Russia

      A Russian publication has alleged that the “Stop Feeding the Caucasus!” slogan, which is popular among ethnic Russians, was invented by Vladimir Putin’s enemies to undermine his authority and ultimately destroy him politically. This is an unusual attempt to construct a collective identity of all citizens of Russia. The “enemies of Putin”...

      Yerevan Electricity Protests Reach Climax
      Jun29

      Yerevan Electricity Protests Reach Climax

      Protests in Yerevan and other Armenian cities have persisted for over a week, following the state regulatory commission’s June 17 decision about increasing the electricity fee from August 1. As previously suggested (see EDM, June 12), the commission decided upon a smaller fee increase than Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) management had...

      Exposing Russian Disinformation
      Jun29

      Exposing Russian Disinformation

      Editor’s note: Ambassador John B. Emerson gave the opening remarks at “Exposing Russian Disinformation in the 21st Century,” a conference sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and the Heinrich Böll Foundation on June 25, 2015 in Berlin. Emerson’s remarks have been shortened below....

      Ukraine, China, ISIS Top Long List of Challenges for EU, NATO
      Jun29

      Ukraine, China, ISIS Top Long List of Challenges for EU, NATO

      The unity and strategic viability of the transatlantic alliance and the US major non-NATO democratic allies, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Israel, the Philippines, and others, will be severely tested in the years to come. As always, freedom is not free, and its price is constant vigilance.The United States and its allies face...

      Ukraine must reform to free itself from dependence on Russian gas
      Jun29

      Ukraine must reform to free itself from dependence on Russian gas

      Germany – and its chancellor Angela Merkel – deserve credit for the continuation of the EU’s sanctions regime against Russia. But Germany happens also to be home to the energy giant E.ON, which recently signed a (non-binding) memorandum, together with Russia’s Gazprom, Austria’s OMV, and Shell from the UK and the Netherlands,...

      Youth Platform is Transforming Eastern Ukraine
      Jun29

      Youth Platform is Transforming Eastern Ukraine

      “We brought down some Lenins in people’s heads,” says organizer Yuriy Didula Days after Ukrainian forces retook the city of Kramatorsk on July 5, 2014, Yuriy Didula and two colleagues from western Ukraine piled into a car and drove building materials into the city.”People in the east felt abandoned by the state,”...

      Russia Softens Ukraine Gas Price Stance Ahead Of Talks
      Jun29

      Russia Softens Ukraine Gas Price Stance Ahead Of Talks

      June 29, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...

      On NATO, the United States is Leading from the Front, Now Europe Must Step Up
      Jun29

      On NATO, the United States is Leading from the Front, Now Europe Must Step Up

      WASHINGTON—Two years ago, worries mounted inside NATO about how much the Alliance would still matter after it wound down its mission in Afghanistan. In the months leading up to last year’s NATO summit in Wales, U.S. officials grappled with how to make the Alliance seem relevant. The twin crises to NATO’s east (Ukraine) and south...

      Armenian Protests Continue, Macedonia Adds to Greek Bank Woes
      Jun29

      Armenian Protests Continue, Macedonia Adds to Greek Bank Woes

      Plus, a bid to create a war crimes court in Kosovo falters, and a pro-EU mayor wins re-election in Moldova’s capital. …read more Source: Transitions Online...