Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Debt Deal Could Spark Chain Reaction
Ukraine’s economy is in crisis. Experts warn that the country’s gross domestic product could shrink by 6 to 12 percent and inflation could exceed 40 percent in 2015, although one prominent economist put that figure in triple digits already. The war in eastern Ukraine has throttled the country’s industrial capacity. To prevent...
Army Needs Better Guns On Its Stryker Fighting Vehicles In Europe Fast (From Forbes)
In 2013 the U.S. Army brought home the last of its Abrams and Bradley tracked armored vehicles from Europe. It probably wasn’t a total coincidence that less than a year later, Russia began its campaign to dismember Ukraine. So now [Read More…]The post Army Needs Better Guns On Its Stryker Fighting Vehicles In Europe Fast (From Forbes)...
Fighting Flares in Ukraine, More Bad News for Media in Ex-Soviet Region
Plus, Albania’s parliament votes to open secret police files, and Russia’s Night Wolves ride into Germany. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Continuing Cooperation Patterns with Russia in the Arctic Region
Marlene Laruelle argues that the United States should engage more in the Arctic as a means of establishing cooperation patterns with Russia after the Ukraine crisis. Furthermore, priority should be given to join projects and information sharing, and Russia should be supported in its efforts to open and securitize the Northern Sea Route....
Weekend catch-up: Bali 9 executions, Refugee Convention, Greece-IMF and more
Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed in Indonesia this week, along with six others. The Abbott Government responded by recalling Ambassador Paul Grigson on Wednesday. Aaron Connelly wrote on the motivations behind Jokowi’s decision to proceed with the executions, despite significant pressure from...
Economist Tyler Cowen on inequality, Canada, and the state of global superpowers
Tyler Cowen is an economist, academic and writer. His popular blog, Marginal Revolution, co-written with Alex Tabarrok, a colleague at George Mason University, turned Cowen into “an economics celebrity,” in the words of one LA Times writer. More recently, Cowen and Tabarrok ventured into the world of online education with their creation of...
Belarus’s ‘Geopolitical Maneuvering’: A Character Flaw or a Rational Foreign Policy?
Despite the limited applicability of a zero-sum game approach and the vital necessity for Belarus to maintain good relationships with both East and West, Belarus’s government continually stands accused of treacherous geopolitical maneuvering. Such accusations are particularly common for Russian media. Thus, Regnum, a news agency with a...
Michael McFaul On The Ukraine Crisis And The Russian Response To Iranian Sanctions
Featured Commentaryinterview with Michael McFaulvia Fox News RadioHoover fellow Michael McFaul discusses the situation in Ukraine and says he believes in arming the Ukrainians. McFaul also notes the Russians are going to defect on sanctions no matter what. Even if Iran violates the terms of the agreement he said that the Russians will vote...
Paul Gregory On The John Batchelor Show (31:05)
Image credit: ThinkstockInterviewsinterview with Paul R. Gregoryvia John Batchelor ShowHoover fellow Paul Gregory discusses German Television’s investigation of Death-Flight MH17. Germany’s channel 1 (ARD) asks why the various countries operating flights over east Ukraine, including Germany, did not close these skies. The program...
NATO General Sees Threat Of Rebel Offensive In Ukraine
May 1, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
