Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Liberal Democrats hint at conceding EU referendum in event of second coalition
Liberal Democrats hint at conceding EU referendum in event of second coalitionSpeaking on the Today programme yesterday, Liberal Democrat manifesto author David Laws reiterated the party did not support an in/out EU referendum in 2017 but added that “I’m not going to go through the manifesto picking out the things that are or are not red...
Britain turns inward during election campaign
[youtube:7Sv2AOQBd_s] When the seven leaders of Britain’s bigger parties met for their only televised debate of the campaign for the 7 May general election, foreign affairs barely received a mention, other than the usual back and forth about the EU and the munificence of the foreign aid budget at a time of economic austerity. Vladimir Putin...
China Economy To Slow, Hurting Australia: IMF
The news that Australia faces a $30 billion revenue hit over the next four years as a result of lower iron ore prices, combined with a slowdown in China’s growth, spells bad news for the Australian economy. This report looks at predictions for the wider global economy. A crackdown on cheap credit in China is expected to help reduce the rate...
Kennan Cable No.7: A Closer look at Russia’s “Hybrid War”
Western observers have fallen into a now familiar parlance for describing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and subsequent invasion of Eastern Ukraine. Frequently termed Russia’s “hybrid war” against Ukraine, it is seen by the West as a threatening precedent—even a likely model—for future conflicts on Russia’s periphery. In this...
The Armenian Genocide: Lessons from Raphael Lemkin
on The Armenian Genocide: Lessons from Raphael Lemkin… The post The Armenian Genocide: Lessons from Raphael Lemkin appeared first on Acton Institute PowerBlog.Related posts:Raphael Lemkin: The One-Man NGO Against Genocide Ukraine’s Holodomor: A Genocide Lost in the Pages of History ‘Watchers of the Sky’: Awakening the World’s...
Ukraine Fighting Intensifies, Albanian Insurgent Group Resurfaces in Macedonia
Plus, Tajikistan bans under-35s from making the pilgrimage to Mecca, and Internet giants reportedly begin transferring data to Russian servers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
LOL in the CR
The Czech president’s ham-handed approach to his Victory Day trip to Moscow causes mirth in the cyber sphere and unease for his Slovak ally. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Should Western Leaders Attend Moscow’s WWII Parade?
On May 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin will preside over the Moscow Victory Day Parade in Red Square, which will celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. Carnegie Europe asked a group of experts whether Western leaders should attend the event. Joerg Forbrig, Transatlantic fellow for Central and Eastern...
All for All? The Breakdown of POW Exchanges in the Donbas
The fact that the process of prisoner exchanges is still incomplete after months of fits and starts volumes about the messiness of the situation in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Open Europe study: How would Brexit impact Ireland?
Open Europe study: How would Brexit impact Ireland?The front page of The Irish Times features the latest instalment of Open Europe’s Brexit study, which finds that Ireland could be worse off than the UK in a Brexit scenario. In a best-case scenario, where the UK negotiated an “ambitious” free-trade agreement with the EU, Ireland would still...
