Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Crisis in and around Ukraine
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
Weekend catch-up: Anzac Day, neocons, the EU and Ukraine, digital diplomacy and more
Today is Anzac Day in Australia. Each year the national commemoration prompts a substantial amount of public reflection both on its meaning for Australians today, its place in Australia’s national identity and whether it should hold a place of such prominence. The Interpreter hosted two pieces on those topics this week, the first from...
We must keep working for a world without nuclear weapons (yes, it’s possible)
At the Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference later this month at the United Nations, the five nuclear weapon states recognized by the Treaty—the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and China—will come in for critical scrutiny from an international community that regards current approaches to nuclear arms as inadequate. Just take...
Racism in Russia and the 2018 World Cup
Adolf Hitler’s birthday, April 20, is traditionally a time when the Russian Far Right (along with extremist organizations all over the world) “celebrate” by attacking those who are ethnically and culturally different (see EDM, April 29, 2013). The most notable event this year was the dispersal by OMON (Russian riot police) of neo-Nazis in a...
Putin Outlines Current Policy Toward Ukraine (Part Two)
Addressing Russia’s populace and, implicitly, Ukraine in his annual phone-in dialogue (see Part One in EDM, April 23), Russian President Vladimir Putin torpedoed the Minsk Two agreement beyond repair: “I say outright and unequivocally: there are no Russian forces in Ukraine” (Kremlin.ru, April 17). Quite apart from the United States’...
Student Meeting With Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak
On April 23, 2015, CGI partnered with the Embassy of the Russian Federation to provide an opportunity for students pursuing IR, national security, and Russia-related studies to take part in an informal discussion with Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak on key issues of U.S.-Russia relations. Participants included graduate and...
Balkan Gas Corridor Unveiled, Chechen Leader Threatens Russian Police
Plus, the Macedonia tapes scandal reveals a twisted media scene, and Poland accelerates its military buildup. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Who is Trying to Turn Kyiv into Donetsk?
Whatever the truth about the recent deaths of politicians and journalists in Ukraine, they can only harm the country. From Chetverta Vlada. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Pentagon: Russian Claims of US Military Trainers in E. Ukraine ‘Ridiculous’
The U.S. Defense Department has dismissed as “ridiculous” and “propaganda” comments by a Russian … …read more Source: American Security Council...
Sanctions and Russia: lessons from the Cold War
The public debate around the effectiveness of sanctions is divided between those who believe that sanctions do not work; a more diffuse camp of lukewarm supporters arguing that sanctions are either a necessary evil or a way to preserve the credibility of the EU and US; and a smaller group of true believers who are convinced of their political and...
