Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia Has Complete Informational Dominance in Ukraine
Hackers have consistently used low-level cyber warfare tactics to advance Russian goals in Ukraine.A dedicated group of hackers successfully infected the e-mail systems of the Ukrainian military, counterintelligence, border patrol, and local police. The hackers use a spear-phishing attack in which malware is hidden in an attachment that appears...
Political values in ‘Putin’s Russia’: A Q&A with Mikhail Dmitriev
AEI’s director of Russian studies, Leon Aron, has edited a new volume— to be released at a conference on May 14— on the dynamics of Russian domestic politics titled “Putin’s Russia: How it rose, how it is maintained, and how it might end.” This work looks beyond international sanctions and the war in Ukraine to examine underlying...
Heading west? Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic path
Events in Ukraine in 2014 are likely to transform the presence and role of western institutions such as NATO in the post-Soviet area. The crisis has starkly revealed the limits of their influence within Russia’s ‘zone of privileged interest’, as well as the lack of internal unity within these organizations vis-à-vis relations with...
Moscow Signals Terek Cossacks Have Been Ineffective Tool for Controlling North Caucasus
On April 25, after months of public scandals and brawls, the Terek Cossacks elected a new ataman (chieftain). The Cossacks confirmed the only candidate for the position, Alexander Zhuravsky, as the new head of the Terek Cossack Force. The election of the new ataman was carried out against Cossack traditions, without alternative candidates or...
After the Swaggering Celebrations, a ‘Now What?’ Moment for Russia
The Victory Day parade on the Red Square in Moscow last Saturday (May 9) was a glorious and perfectly smooth affair, which duly filled the hearts of millions of Russians with habitual pride for the military might of the country. President Vladimir Putin basked in the role of Commander-in-Chief but was unusually soft in his address, mentioning...
Italy Caught in Ukrainian Dilemma
Pressed by economic and geopolitical imperatives, Italy is trying to carve out its own diplomatic space over the crisis in Ukraine, in an apparent attempt at fostering a rapprochement between the European Union and Russia. The Russian annexation of the Ukrainian autonomous region of Crimea in March 2014, as well as the Kremlin’s ensuing...
Kazakhstan’s Presidential Election and the Challenges Ahead (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. The re-election of President Nursultan Nazarbayev (see EDM, April 30, May 8) has renewed and bolstered the presidential institution’s popular mandate to tackle the urgent challenges confronting Kazakhstan. Some of these challenges are recurrent, but for the most part they are novel. Authorities in...
What if the Arctic Became a New Ukraine?
Alaska is the United States’ 49th state and home to 224 native tribes and ~730,000 U.S. citizens spread out over ~660,000sqm with Canada and Russia as natural neighbors. 3,300 miles away from Washington D.C, Alaska is the U.S. door to the Arctic region and the final frontier in the north for national sovereignty and security. The Arctic...
Vladimir Putin’s Dangerous Rewrite of World War II
May 11, 2015 | By Paul Goble Vladimir Putin is rewriting the history of World War II in ways that harm Russia and the international community. Some of these historical violations are old, some are new, and some are a bit of both. As such, Putin’s use and abuse of the history of World War II merit the most careful attention. As a...
