Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why Is AGRI Back on Europe’s Energy Security Agenda?
The Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI)—a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which aims to bring Azerbaijani gas and, in the future, gas from Turkmenistan to Romania and Hungary by way of Georgia and across the Black Sea—was at the center of attention of regional decision makers late last month. In particular, an AGRI Ministerial...
Earth to Russia. Come Back to Reality.
The conflict in Ukraine highlights dangerous trends in Russian foreign policy. Russian-backed separatists and the Russian military have killed thousands of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine. It’s the starkest example of Moscow’s neo-imperialist foreign policy so far. However, even more worrisome trends have...
ISIS’s Global Strategy: A Wargame
Download the PDF The United States currently faces multiple national security threats in an environment of growing disorder. ISIS is executing a sophisticated global strategy that involves simultaneous efforts in Iraq and Syria, the Middle East and North Africa, and the wider world. Homegrown terrorism is increasing in the U.S. and Europe. Civil...
Radio Free Acton: John Horvat on Order; Samuel Gregg on Chaos
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, we speak with John Horvat, author of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society, about what’s gone wrong with our economy and culture and how to fix it. John’s book was featured this year at Acton University (you can pick up a copy for yourself at the link above), and...
There is no sign that some massive military campaign in Donbas has begun
Pro-Russian rebels mounted one of the heaviest attacks on government troops since a February peace accord, Ukraine said, as the two sides blamed each other for a surge in fighting in the country’s east, the Bloomberg writes. “There’s no sign that some massive military campaign has begun,” Yuriy Yakymenko, an analyst at the Razumkov...
High Court Weakens Russia’s European Treaty Obligations, EU and Macedonia Clinch Deal on …
Plus, a huge leak exposes Italian spyware firm’s state clients across the region; what’s behind the spate of Russian military plane crashes? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Evaluating President Obama’s statements on the nuclear deal
President Obama’s statements are in bold.Because of this deal, Iran will remove two-thirds of its installed centrifugesThis statement is not really accurate. Something like that proportion of installed centrifuges will be “uninstalled,” but they will still be extant in Iran, monitored by the IAEA. So “removed” is rather stronger than is...
Ukraine Clashes Raise Questions Over Right Sector Militia
July 15, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Terrorism, Ukraine, And The American Threat: The View From Russia
July 15, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
The main criterion for performance of the military–industrial complex should not be profit but meeting the needs of the front
The Ukrainian defence sector have achieved some success but its performance is traditionally overstated. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Production growth by 36 times is dramatic but what is behind...
