Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Leadership Change in Terek Cossack Military Points to Increasing Government Role
The Terek Cossack Military is undergoing profound changes as its leaders are systematically replaced with new figures, backed by the government. The change is especially visible in the largest part of the Terek Cossack force, the Stavropol region Cossack district. The previous ataman (chieftain) of the Stavropol branch, Alexander Falko, stepped...
Broken Ukraine
The rise of an ungoverned, violent Donbass-which had a prewar population of six million-is likely to be one of the war’s most important lasting legacies. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
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...
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
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...
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...
