Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Belarusian Collaborators in World War II
When, in December 1918, the Red Army captured Minsk and the short-lived (established on March 25, 1918) Belarusian People’s Republic (BPR) ceased to exist, multiple nationalist activists fled Belarus and found refuge in several European countries, including Germany. After Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist (Nazi) Party came to power in...
Moldova’s New Government: Daunting Challenges Ahead
Moldova has a new government, the Alliance for a European Moldova (AEM), since February 28, after elections and an agitated interregnum. It is a minority coalition and, moreover, an internally divided one, requiring cooperation with the Communist Party’s “constructive opposition” (see EDM, March 5). The new prime minister, Chiril Gaburici,...
Ukraine: The High Cost of Ignoring Russia’s Land Grab in Crimea
Report documents rights abuses; Kremlin ‘greatest security challenge,’ says Atlantic Council’s Herbst The apparent US indifference toward the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amounts to giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a green light to commit similar acts of aggression against other countries,...
Vulnerability of U.S. Weapons Systems Could Portend a “Cyber Armageddon”
The biggest national security story of 2015 is not the possible return of sequestration, the likelihood of a nuclear arms deal with Iran or even Russian aggression against Ukraine. Rather, it is that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) arsenal of [Read More…]The post Vulnerability of U.S. Weapons Systems Could Portend a “Cyber...
The EU’s other ‘Union’: Can energy unite Europe?
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is putting Europe’s energy security at risk. Europe is highly dependent on Russia’s natural gas, and past disputes between Russia and Ukraine left Europeans in the cold. This year is different. The European Union is launching an ambitious solution for its energy woes – an Energy Union. The big...
How dangerous Is Vladimir Putin?
The question which The International Economy posed:Western experts have offered various explanations for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in recent years. Some suggest Putin has been merely reacting to NATO and EU enlargement. Others suggest the Russian leader has succumbed to a bout of irrationality, spawned by a desire to return...
In the near future for Ukraine the risk of nuclear blackmail by Russia is low
Nuclear power currently accounts for about 50 percent of Ukraine’s energy balance, and the country has the eighth-largest nuclear capacity in the world. Until recently, almost all nuclear fuel was supplied by Russia’s TVEL Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned Rosatom Corporation, the Southeast European Times newspaper writes. “In...
Nemtsov Note Hints at Moscow’s Role in Ukraine, Anti-Vaccine Movement Spreads in Region
Plus, Ukrainian pilot Savchenko begins eating again to save her life, and a Croatian general faces a new trial for crimes against Serb civilians. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Officials to Discuss Next Steps in Ukraine Peace Deal
Senior Russian, Ukrainian, German and French officials will meet in Berlin on Friday to discuss … …read more Source: American Security Council...
The Verkhovna Rada Equalized the Conditions for State and Private Gas Production Companies with Negative Result for Them
Leading expert of Energy programmes at the Razumkov Centre Viktor Logatskiy claims that the concept of hydrocarbons royalty determination in Ukraine should be reviewed. …read more Source: Razumkov...
