Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kennan Cable No.6: Peace and Energy in Ukraine… and Russia
Ukraine remains at a precipice between increased military escalation with Russia and eastern separatists, and concerted efforts – the latest in Minsk – to achieve a diplomatic settlement that recognizes its sovereignty and independence. If diplomacy prevails, President Poroshenko and his government will face a daunting agenda of defining a viable...
Putin’s Third Term: Assessments Amid Crisis
In March 2012, Vladimir Putin was reelected to his third term as president of Russia. At the time, the country was on an upward economic trajectory, and few serious challenges were presented to the Putin regime. Three years later, the situation is quite different. Today Russia faces widespread condemnation abroad and a protracted economic crisis...
Lonely at the Top
In the 2007 movie There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis plays the ruthless and determined oil prospector Daniel Plainview. Starting out with small and dangerous undertakings, Plainview amasses an oil empire worthy of any robber baron. Apart from the clear allusion to violence, blood plays an important part in shaping Plainview’s solitary...
Elections approach, Ukraine looms
The UK supports sanctions, but the Ukraine crisis has become a political football in the campaign for the upcoming general elections. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Risks to Ukraine Turnaround ‘Exceptionally High’, IMF Says
May 12, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Denies Torture of Nemtsov Murder Suspects, Macedonian Political War Escalates
Plus, Poland becomes the latest Russian neighbor to revive military conscription, and Tajikistan tries a go-easy approach with Islamic State fighters. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Was Armenia the Canary in the ‘Near-Abroad’ Coal Mine?
Russian moves vis a vis Yerevan were an early indicator of the Kremlin’s more muscular approach to its former vassal states. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
America’s self-inflicted national security crisis
Over the past several years, knowledgeable witnesses appearing before Congress have testified to an impending crisis in national security. Whether it is the readiness of American personnel, the capability of our ships and aircraft, or the size of the force itself, the warnings have been both frequent and alarming. The Chief of Staff of the Army,...
Did Kharkiv Just Become Russia’s Next Target in Ukraine War?
A Criminal Case Could Turn the City’s Political Strongman Back into a Kremlin Ally In Russia’s campaign to re-assert control over Ukraine, a logical target for its “hybrid war” is Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and a center of its Russian-speaking population. And indeed, Russia has been working steadily to destabilize...
Tensions between Germany and Greece rise on claims for war reparations
Tensions between Germany and Greece rise on claims for war reparationsFollowing a speech in the Greek parliament where Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras once again called for Germany to pay war reparations to Greece, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said, “The question of reparations and compensation is...
