Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine: The War Must Go On?
As terrible as it sounds, Kyiv’s endless dysfunction is the Kremlin’s most powerful ally in the current crisis-a point that is glossed over in Western policy debates on sending lethal aid to Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
NATO’s Russian ‘reset’: Less is not more
Since the 1990s, the United States has been drawing down its forces in Europe under the assessment that the security situation on the Continent was largely and increasingly benign. Indeed, after the Balkan conflict, from an operational point of view, much of the military infrastructure, force structure, and alliance effort was increasingly in...
Debate Over Arms for Ukraine Must Not Split West
10 February 2015 John LoughAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme As they struggle to stop the fighting in Ukraine, Western leaders must not lose sight of Putin’s attempts to reshape the international order. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama hold a joint press conference after a meeting in the White House...
Has Russia Divided the West?
On February 6, German Chancellor Merkel, French President Hollande, and Russian President Putin spent five hours negotiating a Ukraine peace deal in Moscow. At the end, the only thing they agreed on was to continue negotiations. Donald Jensen, resident fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, reviews the West’s latest diplomatic...
Putin’s ‘Flying Gunboats’
Against the backdrop of tense relations over Ukraine and Crimea, Russia has increased Tu-95 ‘Bear’ nuclear bomber flights on the boundaries of UK and NATO airspace. What is the Kremlin’s viewpoint and is the implied nuclear threat to European NATO members credible? …read more Source: Royal United Services...
Obama’s ‘lead from behind’ security strategy will plague America for decades
Any administration’s national security strategy written for public consumption inevitably involves platitudes, vacuous rhetoric and self-congratulation. But the strategy announced last week for President Obama’s final two years in office sets new records in all these categories. As a sleep aid, it cannot be underestimated. Indeed,...
Kosovans Flood Into Hungary, Ukraine Names New Chief Prosecutor
Plus, Bosnia moves closer to a functioning government, and Hungary’s Wizz Air announces a second IPO bid. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kosovars Flood Into Hungary, Ukraine Names New Chief Prosecutor
Plus, Bosnia moves closer to a functioning government, and Hungary’s Wizz Air announces a second IPO bid. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Obama-Merkel Accord Delays Talk of Arms for Ukraine’s Defense Against Russia
Europe Signals New Negotiation With Kremlin Will Not Include New Pressures on Kyiv The Obama-Merkel summit was critical for maintaining Transatlantic unity in the face of Moscow’s escalating aggression in Ukraine. While skeptical of the Kremlin’s intentions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to try another round of diplomacy...
European Security After Ukraine
The war in eastern Ukraine is about more than the future of the European geopolitical order. It is about the role of the United States in Europe. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
