Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Ukrainian crisis: Beware the disinformation
When it comes to the Ukrainian crisis, European policy-makers have something in common with the computing term GIGO: garbage-in, garbage-out. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “incorrect or poor-quality input will produce faulty output.” Here the garbage-in is in the form of media reports. Many stories have been riddled with unsupported...
Fighting Rages Despite Ukraine Truce, Romania Deploys Soft Power in Moldova
Plus, a jailed Azerbaijani journalist faces new charges and Serbia honors U.S. academic Noam Chomsky on Statehood Day. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Europe has already realised that the actions of Russia in Donbas threaten the continental security
On Radio Liberty, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk spoke about how the rhetoric of political leaders of the West on the Ukrainian-Russian crisis and the war in Donbas had changed. – One can lose count of how many the so-called “humanitarian convoys” Russia sent to Donbas,...
Ukrainian Crisis and Its Limited Impact on Turkish Russian Relations
Turkey and Russia have a deeply “compartmentalized” relationship. A disagreement on one regional issue-Ukraine, Georgia or even Syria-will not necessarily derail their bilateral relations. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Slovak FM Lajčák: Ability to Listen Is Key to Effective Multilateralism
Sharing his views on topics ranging from the crisis in Ukraine and the role of women in peace processes to the changing role of the UN, Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák of Slovakia said that the key ingredient to a successful multilateralism is “the ability to listen to each other, the kind of listening when you understand even if you might...
Democracy in Ukraine: A Conversation With 2014 Ion Ratiu Award Winner Mustafa Nayyem
In this feature length edition of Wilson Center NOW, newly elected Member of Parliment, Mustafa Nayyem, shares his thoughts on the state of democracy in Ukraine, the ongoing conflict with Russia, and his transition from journalism to politics. Nayyem is the 2014 recipient of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson...
Russian students to Ukrainian students: “We respect your choice, we condemn the war”
On the day that concluded the peace talks in Minsk, students from Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, recorded their own message to the students of Ukraine. This video, produced in collaboration with Open Russia, is a response to the message from Ukrainian students to Russian students posted at the end of January 2015. …read more Source:...
Capitulation in Minsk
Last week I tried to imagine Vladimir Putin’s endgame in Ukraine: exactly what objectives was he after in waging war on his neighbor? Then, on Monday, as peace talks in Minsk were bruited about, I wrote that, given a confluence of powerful ideological, domestic political and geostrategic imperatives, only a complete fulfillment of the...
Harsh realities in Minsk
The situation in Ukraine has echoes of the end of the Bosnian War, as Kyiv faces the dilemma of whether or not to accept a quasi-independent Donbas in the east. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Ukraine Analysis: A Deal Which Is “Neither Breakthrough Nor Disaster”
After all night talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk, the outcomes of the four party talks in the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany) have neither brought a major breakthrough or a complete disaster. As a deal, it is not a solution, but perhaps a step towards one. It almost seems to be business as usual –…...
