Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
How to Start a Proxy War with Russia
On Wednesday, Ashton Carter, the president’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, made headlines [4] when he told Congress that he was “very much inclined” to arm the Ukrainian troops in order to combat pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Ukrainian Democracy After the Maidan: Threats and Opportunities
The Global Europe Program is pleased to host the 10th Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop on Ukrainian Democracy After the Maidan featuring keynote remarks the 2014 recipient of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, Mustafa Nayyem, a journalist, democracy activist and Parliamentarian in Ukraine. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center...
Meanwhile in Munich, Waiting for Merkel
Angela Merkel’s visit to Moscow for peace talks on the Ukraine crisis could be the last diplomatic attempt to end the fighting in the country’s east. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Seeming Truce Opens Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine, NATO Plans New Rapid Response Force
Plus, devaluation speculation runs rampant in Kazakhstan, and a bombing reopens a Georgia police-brutality case. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Breaking trust
This editorial will be published in the February 16 edition of The Weekly Standard.At what point do we—the institution and our nation—lose our soldiers’ trust? The trust that we will provide them the right resources—the training and equipment—to properly prepare them and lead them into harm’s way. Trust that we will appropriately take...
Amid Escalated War, U.S. Weighs Defensive Weapons for Ukraine
France & Germany Use Specter of a Better-Armed Ukraine to Press Putin The Obama administration has announced no decision on whether to help Ukraine use US-made weapons to defend itself against Russian-sponsored attacks. But France and Germany are probing to see whether that threat alone might be enough to push Russian President Vladimir...
Geopolitical Gambits and Ordinary Citizens: Attitudes in South-East Ukraine and Crimea
This talk will present the results of survey work conducted in December 2014 funded by the Political Science division of the National Science Foundation on evolving attitudes in conflict regions. The survey focuses on Southeast Ukraine (excluding the war zones of Donetsk and Luhansk) and Crimea, comparing attitudes towards Maidan, Russian...
American weapons will help reduce casualties among Ukrainian troops
According to prior Ukrainian-American consultations, the U.S. can provide countermeasures for armoured fighting vehicles, hostile fire detection systems, and communications to Ukraine. This was stated by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the website Deutsche...
Can Poland remain a leader of EU foreign policy?
The Ukraine crisis pushed Poland to the forefront of EU diplomacy, but as Germany stepped up, Poland’s leadership was sidelined. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Azerbaijan Tightens Screws on Media, Poland Sets Presidential Election Date
Plus, cash-strapped Mongolia asks for IMF assistance, and Turkmenistanis line up to buy dollars as economic bad news mounts. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
