Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin’s Threats: How Should the U.S. React?
Isn’t it time to recognize the “existential” importance of Ukraine to Russia to prevent a worsening of the crisis and to assure continued cooperation in the arms control arena as well as conflicts in the third world …read more Source: Center for International...
Ukraine Rallies Tens of Thousands to Guard Against ‘Russian Attacks’ on Victory Day
April 21, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Premier Says Annexation of Crimea Was Worth Sanctions Fallout
April 21, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
How do Iranian leaders see the world?
A fundamental assumption of the Obama administration is that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a normal state, just like any other. The passions of the Islamic Revolution are a thing of the past. And, that may certainly be true for the vast majority of Iranians, just as the vast majority of Russians, Ukrainians, and other subject people had given...
EU Readies Gazprom Market Abuse Case, Kazakhstan Could Host Syrian Peace Talks
Plus, Russia claims another Caucasus militant’s scalp, and Ukraine mulls a ban on Communist, Nazi symbols. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A Hybrid Security Policy for Europe
Under the term “hybrid warfare” the different methods with which Russia destabilizes Ukraine are discussed, be it propaganda or the infiltration of society. However, the problems that NATO and EU states face in dealing with hybrid threats go far beyond the Ukraine conflict – they point to systematic vulnerabilities of Western societies. This...
How the EU inflamed the Ukraine conflict
When Greece’s Alex Tsipras met Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month, it was grist to the mill for those who see Russia’s hand in the war in eastern Ukraine as a Kremlin plot to break up the EU. They include Yale historian Timothy Snyder, author of the acclaimed Bloodlands, who repeated recently on ABC radio his...
EU leaders to hold emergency meeting on Mediterranean migrant crisis
EU leaders to hold emergency meeting on Mediterranean migrant crisisEU leaders will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the on-going migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, following a joint meeting of EU foreign and interior ministers yesterday, EU member states have decided to increase funding for EU border agency Frontex...
Video: Ukrainian Energy Reforms and European Gas Supply
…read more Source: Center for Strategic and International...
The Achilles’ Heel of Ukraine’s Mighty Oligarchs
The Ukrainian government’s well-executed showdown in March 2015 to rein in the country’s wealthiest oligarch is the first of many battles with the oligarchs that lie ahead. In the battle with the oligarchs, Poroshenko—the owner of Roshen Confectionery Corporation and an oligarch himself—is uniquely positioned to fight. The President...
