Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
A Family Business of Perpetual War
Neoconservative pundit Robert Kagan and his wife, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, run a remarkable family business: she has sparked a hot war in Ukraine and helped launch Cold War II with Russia – and he steps in to demand that Congress jack up military spending so America can meet these new security threats. This extraordinary...
Keys to a low-carbon future on both sides of the pond
The path to less expensive, lower emissions electricity systems in the US and EU share many basic features, writes Paul Bledsoe of the German Marshall Fund. This week the European Union approved plans for an ‘Energy Union’ to better coordinate energy policy and markets among its 28 member countries. The effort was initially prompted by the...
Cold War II: This Time, The Commies Are In Washington
The Regime in Washington is the only government asserting the supposed right to carry out summary executions anywhere on the face of the globe, so we shouldn’t be surprised to learn that it also claims the right to impose “sanctions” on foreign citizens who publicly criticize it. On March 11, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...
Reaching out to the Balkans: Expansion of Azerbaijan’s Defense Cooperation?
The March 10–14 visit by Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov to Croatia and Slovenia attracted little attention in the local media. However, various background developments in the wake of these meetings—held to discuss the potential directions of bilateral military cooperation (Mod.gov.az, March 11)—suggest that the trip should perhaps...
‘Ukraine New Spy Law Designed as Provocation, Opens Whole Can of Worms’
Below is an interview with RPI Director Daniel McAdams conducted by RT.If Ukrainian draft law on intelligence comes into force, we might start seeing assassinations, bomb blasts, and psychological attacks in the Donbass region, says Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute. Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law allowing its intelligence...
Europe Presses Moscow on Ukraine Peace Deal; Report Claims Russian-Made Missile Downed MH17
Plus, Azerbaijan releases two of dozens of political prisoners, and Serbians are urged to be careful where they throw their hand grenades. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Kleptocracy and Family Values
There will be some twists and turns here, so hold on. Earlier this month, the BBC on Putin’s Kleptocracy and Family Values… The post Putin’s Kleptocracy and Family Values appeared first on Acton Institute PowerBlog.Related posts:Russian Evangelicals, Like Most Russians, ‘Thank God for Putin’ Russia and Ukraine: An Exceptional...
Observers on the Line of Death
Five Ukrainians reflect on the turmoil of the past year and the ‘physical need to resist.’ Last in a series. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
EU: Russian Sanctions Stay Until Ukraine Truce Fully in Place
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels said Thursday that they would not lift economic sanct… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Energy and Crimean Tatars Top Agenda as Turkey’s Erdogan Visits Ukraine
March 20, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
