Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
NATO’s Response Force reloaded: How much support, to counter which threats?
NATO’s Wales summit last September suddenly acquired a sense of urgency, with Mr. Putin annexing Crimea and supporting the separatists in eastern Ukraine. The key outcome of the summit was a Readiness Action Plan “to ensure the Alliance is ready to respond swiftly and firmly to new security challenges”. But how ready are member nations to...
The U-2 flies again: The Pentagon keeps the dragon lady
The Pentagon has released its budget request for 2016, and among the items being digested by the D.C.-based defense community is the reprieve of the storied U-2 spy plane. First built in 1955, the U-2 is, next to the B-52 bomber, the longest-lived airplane in the U.S. Air Force’s inventory. Today’s U-2s are dramatically modified from...
West Fears Another Abkhazia in Eastern Ukraine, Romanian Judges Guilty in Bribery Case
Plus, Merkel urges Hungary’s Orban to respect dissent, and crowdfunders aim to save a Belarus bookstore from a crippling fine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: Debaltseve’s residents reaching breaking point
Headline Title: Ukraine: Debaltseve’s residents reaching breaking point 03 February 2015 …read more Source: Amnesty...
The West’s Ukrainian Risk Assessment
In the debate over whether to support Ukraine’s armed forces, the EU and the United States must ask themselves how much uncertainty they are ready to accept. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia’s Asia Pivot: Confrontation or Cooperation?
Recent tensions between Russia and the West highlight Russia’s growing ties with Asia, particularly China. Before the Ukraine crisis, this pivot to Asia had more to do with Moscow’s assessment that Asia will be the major source of future economic growth. read more …read more Source: Center for Strategic and International...
US Should Provide Arms, Military Aid to Ukraine, Eight Ex-Officials Say
‘We Face a Critical Juncture’ in Halting Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe, Group Says Eight former senior US officials—diplomats, ranking Pentagon and State Department office-holders, military commanders and US appointees to NATO—today urged the Obama administration and its NATO allies to strengthen support for Ukraine by urgently...
US and Europe ‘Face a Critical Juncture in Ukraine’
Send Ukrainians Arms to Defend Against Russian Invasion, Eight Former US Officials Say Eight former senior US officials—diplomats, ranking Pentagon and State Department office-holders, military commanders and US appointees to NATO—today urged the Obama administration and its NATO allies to strengthen support for Ukraine by urgently providing...
Report Calls on US to Provide Lethal Defensive Military Aid to Ukraine
Goal is to make further aggression ‘too costly’ for Russia The United States must provide lethal defensive military assistance to Ukraine’s armed forces to make it “too costly” for Russia to continue meddling in its neighbor, according to a new report. The report, Preserving Ukraine’s Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression:...
Russian Gas Stream or Dream?
Lately President Vladimir Putin of Russia has transformed what others saw as either his tactical nimbleness or dangerous unpredictability into performance art. Putin’s actions may not always achieve a positive result, however. The annexation of Crimea and expanding conflict in Donbas in Ukraine caused severe damage to the Russian economy...
