Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
US/Israeli/Saudi ‘Behavior’ Problems
There is a madness in how the mainstream US media presents the world to the American people, a delusional perspective that arguably creates an existential threat to humanity’s survival. We have seen this pattern in the biased depiction of the Ukraine crisis and now in how Official Washington is framing the debate over the Iranian nuclear...
Is Russia Planning a Summer Offensive in Ukraine?
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has been simmering for months, but speculation has risen that the Kremlin could order a major attack on Ukrainian positions in the coming weeks. Independent journalist Luke Johnson interprets the mixed signals coming from Moscow and the separatist “people’s republics,” finding that there may be strategic...
Video Shows MH17 Aftermath, Kyrgyzstan Says Raid Foiled IS Plots
Plus, human rights groups call out the West on Uzbekistan and Armenia on health care shortcomings. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The South Caucasus and the limits of Western power
If Russia is a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” as Churchill famously claimed, then the South Caucasus region is a conundrum cloaked in obscurity and tangled in Gordian knots. The three countries of the region—Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia—have distinct ethnic, cultural, religious, linguistic, and geopolitical identities that...
Both Sides Of Ukraine’s War Mark 1 Year Since MH17 Downing
July 17, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine Passes Laws To Unlock $3.2 Billion In Foreign Aid
July 17, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Why Moscow Opposed Grexit
Putin phoned IMF chief, asking the Europeans to support Athens in any way possible. It is likely that Obama asked to do the same thing: there is no indication that Greece was ever a point of contention between Russia and the United States-despite Greece’s position on the Ukrainian crisis, its anti-Western rhetoric, and Tsipras’...
Greek Interior Minister says snap elections after the summer are “very likely”
Greek Interior Minister says snap elections after the summer are “very likely”Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis told radio station Sto Kokkino yesterday, “If it is not September, it will be October. Elections are very likely, but will be the result of the broader way things are seen to be going, not just from the government.” Greek Prime...
The incident in Mukachevo: a symptom of Ukraine’s systemic weakness
2015-07-15Tadeusz IwańskiPiotr ŻochowskiThe incident in Mukachevo has revealed the failings of the public safety system which are characteristic of the whole country. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Russia gives way to China in BRICS and SCO
This month saw a super summit of two organisations that are significant for both Russia and China. The 7th BRICS summit and 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, both held in Ufa, Russia, included the typical member-state declarations confirming cooperation on major issues such as counter-terrorism, ensuring stability and enhancing...
