Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
10 maps that explain Ukraine’s struggle for independence
Since the fall of the USSR, Ukraine has been struggling to build an independent and democratic nation. Chrystia Freeland explains this struggle in the latest Brookings Essay, “My Ukraine: A personal reflection on a nation’s dream of independence and the nightmare Vladimir Putin has visited upon it.” Here are 10 maps from her essay that...
Three ways China and the United States could go to war
After years of being a focus of interest for specialists, the South China Sea is now getting major attention from the media. The latest is a CNN report that a US Navy P-8 surveillance plane was warned away from some of China’s manmade islands in the Spratly Island chain by the Chinese Navy. Beijing has not yet declared a formal air defense...
Time for US diplomatic leadership in the South China Sea
A “must watch” for foreign and national security types is this CNN footage of a P8-A Poseidon surveillance flight over Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef, both part of the Spratly islands in the South China Sea (SCS). The remarkable video enables viewers to get a much better sense of the intensifying competition in these critical waters.The South...
War in Ukraine of Global Significance, Says Archbishop
“To those from outside, [the fighting in Ukraine] may seem like a regional conflict, but that’s really not the case,” said Archbishop Zoria Yevstratiy of Chernihiv of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate. In an interview at the Atlantic Council on May 19, Yevstratiy described the situation in Ukraine as...
Preface for Digital Eastern Europe
During the Euromaidan protest movement-as in the first years of the Arab Spring-it was the power of social media that galvanized civil society. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Modest Hopes for Riga Summit, Outrage After Fatal Baku Fire
Plus, Ukraine might look to host missile-defense systems and Tajikistan and China sign an extradition treaty. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Reports Fresh Casualties in East, OSCE Sees Violence Spreading
May 21, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Why Mariupol Will Not be the Next Frontline
Analysts and journalists have begun to ask where the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine will go next now that the second ceasefire agreement has failed. Skirmishes on the frontline in Shyrokyne, less than ten miles from Mariupol’s city limits, have raised concerns that Mariupol will be the next target. Geographically and...
Russia’s ‘carrot and stick’ policy on Ukraine
2015-05-20W ostatnich tygodniach ma miejsce natężenie rosyjskich działań dyplomatycznych w sprawie Ukrainy. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
