Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
What Is the Future for Donbas?
This past weekend’s intensified fighting and shelling in southeastern Ukraine, from Donetsk to Mariupol, escalated the Ukraine crisis to a new level. As more people die, political negotiations and eventual diplomatic compromise look less and less likely. What, under these circumstances, does the future hold for Donbas? …read more...
When Putin’s Brittle Regime Implodes, Our Protection Will Be a Stable Ukraine
Backing Kyiv’s Independence Will Contain Russian Expansionism—And Damage From the Next Russian Revolution Although “regime change” has become a dirty phrase, the best thing that could happen to Russia, its neighbors, and the world would be a change from Vladimir Putin’s brand of strongman authoritarianism to some form of democracy....
Putin and the Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Many who take Russia’s temperature for a living predict the current ardor for its president won’t survive a prolonged crisis. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Preemptive Counter-Revolution
Russia’s return to dictatorship does not represent any form of continuity with the country’s imperial ambition, cultural traditions, or national character. As the Ukraine crisis shows, President Vladimir Putin’s only interest is in protecting his regime and its elites. …read more Source: Project...
The battle to defend the Donetsk airport has become a symbol of Ukrainian glory
The flurry of diplomatic activity came as Ukrainian government forces and rebels fought pitched battles in the arrivals and departure halls at the Donetsk airport, which has acquired symbolic importance for both sides. The terminals, refurbished for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, have been reduced to smoking ruins, the Bloomberg writes. The...
A land corridor to link Russia to Crimea might become on the top of the agenda
In launching an offensive against the Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol, pro-Russian separatists have selected a target of both strategic and symbolic importance in their bloody conflict with the government in Kyiv, the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reports. “Every town – especially such a big city, and quite symbolic as well – lost by the...
Mariupol Deaths Prompt Calls for New Sanctions, NATO to Beef Up Presence on Eastern Flank
Plus, tech companies cash out of Crimea, and a Jewish group condemns an honor given by Romania’s new president …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Arctic Spillover? Russia, the West and Ukraine
The West’s relations with Russia have been put on ice as a result of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, but what will this mean for the Arctic? …read more Source: Royal United Services...
(Re)-Escalation in the Donbas: Toward Minsk or Mariupol?
After the weekend shelling of Mariupol and the loss of so many lives, the Ukrainian president may have no political choice but to mount a serious military response. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Shrimp, SAMs, and the Limits of Russian-Iranian Romance
This article first appeared in The National Interest. Thanks to the unending American-Russian standoff over Ukraine, there are voices in Tehran that seem to believe that the road to international rehabilitation goes through Moscow. …read more Source: Middle East...
