Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
A Military ‘Pivot to Asia’
As China reclaims land in the South China Sea, the US sends in spy planes to buzz the construction. China warns the US to leave them alone. US, with bases all over the South China Sea area, objects to what it views as Chinese military activity in the region. Is this Obama’s “Pivot to Asia”? Or a diversion from the failed wars...
Riga’s missed opportunity
“I think this is going to be a good day for the European Union and for each of the six partners,” said Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs, at the opening of her meeting today with leaders of countries in the EU’s Eastern neighborhood at the just-concluded EU Summit in Riga,...
Back to the drawing board on Ukraine?
John Maynard Keynes famously remarked that “When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” One has to wonder whether the same might not be asked of the International Monetary Fun (IMF) in relation to its Ukrainian lending program. For as each day passes, it appears that the basic economic and political assumptions underlying that...
Evidence Mounts of Russian Action in Ukraine, Serbian Defense Chief Accused of Corruption
Plus, the Kremlin says the West is destabilizing Macedonia, and Kyrgyzstan joins the Eurasian Union. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Chrystia Freeland on Ukraine’s struggle for independence
“What is happening in Ukraine is a tremendous threat to Putin’s Russia precisely because of the kinship that Russians feel with Ukraine,” says Chrystia Freeland in this podcast. Freeland, a Member of Parliament in Canada and also a journalist and author, talks about her own family’s connection to Ukraine, why the Russian propaganda...
Anders Åslund, światowy ekspert w dziedzinie ekonomii politycznej Ukrainy i Rosji, członkiem Rady Atlantyckiej
Anders Åslund, światowej sławy specjalista ds. ekonomii politycznej Ukrainy i Rosji i przewodniczący Rady Naukowej CASE, został nominowany na Senior Fellow w Radzie Atlantyckiej. Dr. Åslund specjalizuje się w systemach ekonomicznych Europy Wschodniej i służył jako doradca ekonomiczny w kilku krajach. Ostatnio został wyznaczony przez prezydenta...
Anders Åslund, leading expert on Ukrainian and Russian political economy joins the Atlantic Council
Anders Åslund, one of the world’s most renowned experts on Ukrainian and Russian political economy and chairman of the CASE Advisory Council, has been appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Dr. Åslund is a leading specialist on East European economies, and has served as an economic adviser to several European governments....
Cameron warns EU renegotiation will not be a smooth process as senior EU politicians back EU reform
Cameron warns EU renegotiation will not be a smooth process as senior EU politicians back EU reformArriving at the informal EU leaders’ summit in Riga yesterday, Prime Minister David Cameron said that “there will be ups and downs [during the EU renegotiation]. You will hear one day that ‘this is possible’; the next day something is...
Taiwan: US deterrence is failing
Deterrence is a beguiling concept. It offers the hope that we can prevail over our opponents without actually fighting them because our mere possession of military power will be sufficient to compel them to our will. This seductive idea seems to be the basis of Michael Cole’s view that deterrence will allow America and its allies to defend...
Russia Prepares for Possible New Summer Military Campaign in Eastern Ukraine
Summer is the best time for major offensive military action in the Donbas region (Donetsk and Luhansk provinces) of eastern Ukraine. In the spring and autumn, long periods of bad weather turn unpaved roads and plains into a mud quagmire (Rasputitsa), seriously hampering troop maneuverability and logistic support. In 2014, intensive summer...
