Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Post-Cease-Fire Death Count Nears 1,000 in Ukraine, Armenians Mull Russia’s Possible Role in …
Plus, Kyrgyzstan tightens the screws on bride-kidnappers and Baku blocks a journalist from going to Washington. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Long live the Maidan!
The Ukrainian revolution, which began a year ago, started with no more than 150 people deciding to stay on Independence Square (also known as the Maidan) to protest the decision of former President Viktor Yanukovich to turn away from signing an Association Agreement with the European Union and, instead, accept $15 billion from Moscow, on top of a...
Walls in Ukraine: Art before and after the Euromaidan Revolution
A panel discussion cosponsored by the Kennan Institute and Goethe Institut Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Lukashenka Crawls Out of the Doghouse
The Belarusian strongman’s stock has risen as his countrymen look nervously on the turmoil in Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Wraps up Day 1 in Istanbul
Opinion leaders from politics, media, academia, and the corporate world convened in Istanbul this morning for two days of talks on how governments and companies manage emerging risks and uncertainty in today’s turbulent times.The sixth annual Energy & Economic Summit began with a welcome by Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman,...
Kosovo Parties Break Deadlock, Russian Scholar Sues Estonia for Entry Ban
Plus, Kazakhstani ex-premier held in graft probe and universities flee rebel-held areas of Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Post-Soviet Confidence Games
It is starting to look like a pattern: After painstaking talks, the parties in the Ukraine conflict come to an agreement – only to have it fall apart or fail to be fully implemented. And confidence-building efforts aimed at resolving other post-Soviet conflicts do not offer much room for hope. …read more Source: Project...
Sanctions will affect Russia’s policy when they reach the “pain threshold”
Sanctions against Russia as the aggressor country should be intensified in order to reach the “pain threshold” of the Russian leadership. This opinion was expressed by Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sungurovskyi, informs the website Obozrievatiel. “The main goal is to reach the ”pain threshold“, beyond which Russia...
Ukraine Foils ‘Terror’ Attack on Dutch Diplomats, Romanian Foreign Minister Sacked
Plus, UN experts alarmed at impending release of Serb convicted of genocide and Poland’s conservatives score a surprising wins in local elections. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Weak Ruble Exchange Rate Represents Political Bargaining Challenge
The financial troubles of the ruble represent the most striking and dangerous strategic challenge facing the Russian state since the conflict in Ukraine began. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
