Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Malcolm Fraser’s foreign policy wisdom
Many Liberals and conservatives have looked on sadly over the past three decades at the career of Malcolm Fraser. Like British prime minister Ted Heath, Fraser started off as a man of the Right but ended up as anything but. But some political questions transcend party, and in the post-Cold War era, ideological divisions on foreign policy all too...
Tsipras pledges to present full list of reforms within days to try and unlock bailout cash
Tsipras pledges to present full list of reforms within days to try and unlock bailout cashAccording to a joint statement released yesterday night by the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the Eurogroup, the Greek government “will present a full list of specific reforms in the next days” in a bid to speed up negotiations and...
AWOL on the defense budget
This editorial will be published in the March 30 edition of The Weekly Standard.“The single biggest threat to our national security is our debt.”That was a myopic claim when made by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen back in September 2011. But for the House Republicans to recycle it now—as Vladimir Putin’s troops gnaw...
European Union Sanctions Against Russia
The European Union responded to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in March 2014, imposing sanctions that have been successively tightened since. Germany was an active participant in the process. Sanctions have become a familiar instrument of EU foreign policy in recent years. But the measures applied against Russia are unprecedented in both...
The British instructors will train the trainers for Ukrainian troops
The relatively small number of British instructors belies the impact the advisers can make, according to Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre, the Guardian writes. “One of the approaches the British use is to train the trainers, and this is the way to affect the situation,”...
