Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Greece to present full reform list by Monday in bid to unlock bailout cash
Greece to present full reform list by Monday in bid to unlock bailout cashGreece will present a full package of proposed reforms to its Eurozone partners “by Monday at the latest,” a Greek government spokesman told Mega TV. The move is aimed at speeding up the disbursement of the remaining EU/IMF bailout money. Meanwhile, Greek Prime Minister...
Russia’s Policy Toolbox
The current diplomatic disconnect between Russia and US-EU is monumental. Having returned from the Munich Security Conference former German Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger stated at the Hertie School of Governance, “Trust between the two sides is virtually at zero.” With the recent crisis in Ukraine it is vital that the Atlantic community assess...
The Adolescent Country
In his keynote address to world leaders at the G20 Summit in Brisbane last November, Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, chose to complain about the difficulty of getting his domestic budget, including a $7 co-payment for medical patients, through a fractious parliament. World leaders were openly bemused. In this Lowy Institute essay...
Congress Demands War in Ukraine!
US military vehicles in military exercises near Russia’s border this week.Just weeks after a European-brokered ceasefire greatly reduced the violence in Ukraine, the US House of Representatives today takes a big step toward re-igniting — and expanding — the bloody civil war.A Resolution, “Calling on the President to...
Financing a New Ukraine
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko discusses her country’s economy, including its ambitious reform agenda and recent International Monetary Fund package. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
Belarus: Economic Hardships and Diplomacy
Belarus has once again entered rough economic waters. In 2015, economic growth will likely be absent (Naviny.by, February 5). In January 2015, industrial output equaled just 93.8 percent of that in January 2014. All processing industries shrank except for chemicals, oil refining, potassium and pharmaceuticals. Inflation this year will likely...
Two Summits and a Military Exercise
The postponed Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan summit took place last Friday (March 20) in Astana, but the program was cut so short that the only point for staging the event appeared to be to confirm President Vladimir Putin’s return to business as usual (Kommersant, March 21). Presidents Nursultan Nazarbaev and Alyaksandr Lukashenka spent more...
Expert: North Caucasus May Start Exporting Instability to Other Parts of Russia
A well-known Russian expert on the North Caucasus, Konstantin Kazenin, has warned that the paramilitary groups of North Caucasus leaders may end up destabilizing the Russian Federation. According to Kazenin, several leaders from the North Caucasus have created essentially private armies, which defend their patrons and improve their bargaining...
Why Australia needs full-spectrum defence
Given he was the principal author of the 2000 Defence White Paper, it is reassuring to know that Hugh White agrees with me that Australian strategic policy needs a rethink, even if he is not persuaded by all of my prescriptions. So, in the spirit of a full and frank debate about what needs to be done, let me respond to Hugh’s observations...
A Blast From the Past
Putin stated that the Russian leadership was ready to use nuclear forces in the days of the Crimean annexation. First of all, he tries to give the people an extra shot of the “superpower steroid,” but whether wittingly or not quite, the old threat of the nuclear war is back. | Русский …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
