Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
We may live in different worlds, but sanctions on Russia still make sense
My colleague, Clifford Gaddy, wrote about sanctions on Russia on this blog on March 9. He notes that the West, on the one hand, and President Vladimir Putin and Russia, on the other, hold fundamentally different views of global and national security, and argues that U.S. and European Union sanctions on Russia are bound to fail. I hesitate to...
Europe’s Fight against ISIS: A New Security Leadership?
Image: finance.yahoo.com WASHINGTON—Late last month, the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle steamed into the Persian Gulf to join the fight against the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). While little noticed in the United States, the de Gaulle’s arrival significantly enhances what France is bringing to the fight....
A Treaty That Ended the Cold War in Europe Is Denounced in Moscow
This week, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it will no longer attend the meetings of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty of 1990. The Russian arms control representative in Vienna, Alexander Mazur, told reporters: “The withdrawal from CFE announced by Russia in 2007 is now...
Sanctions One Year Later: Did They Even Matter?
By Sergey Aleksashenko, Former Deputy Finance Minister of Russia @Saleksashenko One year ago on March 6, the Western nations adopted the first targeted sanctions against Russian companies and citizens linked to the conflict in Ukraine. Today we can say those sanctions have been barely effective. The main goal of the sanctions, which were...
The War in Ukraine: The Roots of Russian Conduct
A year after the annexation of Crimea and the start of hostilities in Eastern Ukraine, the sequence of events leading up to the crisis are well established. Yet these events find their origins in Russia’s recent and distant past, as well as the EU’s image of a modern, post-WWII Europe. Join us for a panel discussion of the origins of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
