Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Ukraine threatens to suspend repayments of its foreign debt
2015-05-20Tadeusz IwańskiKyiv wants to put pressure on foreign lenders to agree to the restructuring and partial waiver of its debt. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Schäuble suggests Britain’s concerns can be addressed in talks over the Eurozone’s future
Schäuble suggests Britain’s concerns can be addressed in talks over the Eurozone’s futureDavid Cameron will fly to Riga tonight to start his push for reform of the EU. The Times reports that the UK Prime Minister wants other member states to acknowledge that the euro is not the EU’s ‘single currency’ – and to write the...
An EU Special Envoy for Ukraine?
As EU leaders gather for a summit in Riga to discuss the union’s Eastern neighborhood, they should consider appointing a special representative for Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
