Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Sanctions Are Still the Answer
Last week, UkraineAlert linked to an interesting piece by Clifford Gaddy criticizing the West’s sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. His point is this: Putin believes that Russia is “under assault” by the West and cannot allow Ukraine “to be brought fully into the sphere of influence of its enemy.” Therefore, the West cannot...
Ukraine Parliament Offers Special Status For Rebel East, Russia Criticizes
March 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Can Europe Survive Without Russia’s Natural Gas? Part II: More Expensive, but the Right Way Forward
The deterioration of the relations between the EU and Russia, caused by tensions over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Moscow’s active support of the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine, requires a rethinking of EU- Russian energy ties. In particular, the EU should diversify its natural gas imports away from Russian sources....
Concerns about Russia’s nuclear weapons modernization are overblown
As the Ukraine-Russia crisis deepened and West-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War, Moscow has rattled its nuclear saber. Russian strategic rocket forces have conducted an increased number of exercises, Bear bombers have probed the air defenses of NATO members, and Vladimir Putin has engaged in nuclear...
U.S. Delays Ukraine Military Training, General Says
March 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine’s Media War
March 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global Interests
Russia Cracking Down on Human Rights in Crimea, Amnesty Reports
March 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Can Europe Survive Without Russia’s Natural Gas? Part I: Maybe, But It Should Not Have To
The ongoing Ukraine crisis has further politicized Russian energy trade with Europe and added a geopolitical dimension to already strained Eurasian gas relations. Fearing natural gas interruptions and Moscow’s political influence, Europe’s leaders are keen to phase out Russian gas. But Europe will not have to survive without Russian...
If the government loses public confidence, no reform will be effective
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn gave his opinion on the activities of the parliamentary coalition and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the website Replika. First of all, the society expect positive change that should occur after the implementation of the declared reforms. However, for some reason,...
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier at German peace research colloquium
Questions about the causes, dynamics of, and opportunities for the prevention and transformation of wars are highly topical. The fighting in Ukraine and the escalating violence in the Middle East are only a few of the current trouble spots. The three-day conference will cover multi-faceted conceptional questions, basic terms and empirical...
