Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Defining US Strategy for a World in Transition
With war tearing apart eastern Ukraine, ethnic strife claiming lives from Libya to Yemen, and record numbers of African refugees drowning in the Mediterranean, it’s easy to conclude that the once-familiar world order is falling apart. Whether or not that’s true, few scholars would dispute that the United States is no longer in charge...
Gazprom, Just Follow the Law
European energy security has received a great deal of attention on both sides of the Atlantic since Russia suspended gas shipments through Ukraine in the winter of 2009. In response to Ukraine’s experience, the European Union has taken steps to develop interconnectors and new liquefied natural gas facilities that would allow gas to flow to...
Putin Outlines Current Policy Toward Ukraine (Part One)
In his annual phone-in conversation with Russia’s populace and in follow-up interviews, President Vladimir Putin has expounded at length on Russia’s current policy objectives regarding Ukraine (Interfax, Kremlin.ru, April 16, 17). Putin’s remarks evidenced both strategic consistency and tactical adjustments necessitated by...
Russia Paying Steep Price for Annexing Crimea
This week (April 21), Russian prime minister and former president Dmitry Medvedev spent several hours presenting to the State Duma (lower house of parliament) the annual government report on policies and achievements in 2014, as required by the constitution. According to Medvedev, Russia is under siege and “there should be no illusions—the...
History’s War: The Political Uses of WWII
Thursday, May 7, 201510:00 am – 1:30 pmJohns Hopkins University – SAIS, Bernstein-Offit Building, Room 500 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 As Europe celebrates the 70th anniversary of Allied victory, the Ukrainian crisis and the broader reemergence of nationalism have increasingly politicized the war’s narrative. What role...
U.S. Says Russia Air Defense Systems Inside Ukraine
April 23, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Can the EU turn Gazprom into Google?
Policies on trade and competition have become a new field of international conflict and the European Commission (EC) has shown its willingness to use them as a weapon. Yesterday, the EC sent a Statement of Objections to Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom for its alleged abuse of market power in Central and Eastern European gas markets. It is...
EU Leaders Talk Migrant Crisis, Russia Accused of Bolstering Defenses in Eastern Ukraine
Plus, Obama angers Armenians on a historic anniversary, and Kyrgyzstan sees an uptick in underage marriages. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine: a useful but flawed OSCE tool
Time for the EU to assume a bigger role in the OSCE …read more Source: European Policy...
US-backed Criminal Slaughter in Yemen Revealed
Former UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has given an undiplomatic assessment of the crisis in that country, in which he rhetorically explodes Saudi myths “justifying” the US-backed aerial bombing campaign. The Moroccan diplomat told media at the weekend that the ongoing conflict was a direct result of Houthi rebels having been excluded from the...
