Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
(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...
Global Think Tank Ranking 2014 BICC amongst leading think tanks worldwide in two categories
Amongst the Top 150, there are 12 German institutes while nine institutes can be found amongst the Top 100. BICC is the only German institute that specialises in peace and conflict research.”The world seems to have turned upside down. The violence in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, or Afghanistan presents complex challenges to international...
SOTU 2015: Experts comment on the president’s vision for foreign policy
At a World Affairs Council panel Wednesday night, four foreign policy experts graded President Obama’s State of the Union speech. According to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the speech failed to address “just how much the US role around the world is changing.” AEI’s Daniella Pletka noted that on the...
Russian Special Forces and Regular Troops Lead Moscow’s Biggest Direct Offensive in Ukraine Since August
As Kremlin Escalates, the War Costs Ukraine $6 Million-Plus Daily, Atlantic Council’s Herbst Says A “substantial number” of Russian Federation special forces troops led this week’s capture of the Donetsk airport amid what appears to be Russia’s biggest direct military offensive in Ukraine since last summer. The offensive, by...
Crimea’s Vanishing Religious Communities
Re-registration requirements and other red tape are driving out priests, nuns, even visiting imams. From Forum 18. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poroshenko Insists on ‘Unitary’ Ukraine, Top Schools in Tajikistan Under Threat
Plus, Poland’s president rejects his foreign minister’s Auschwitz remark and the Paris attacks cloud Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen hopes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Investment Opportunities: Possibilities for China and Challenges for Ukraine
Director of Economic programmes at the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn contributed to the Global Review, Winter 2014 issue on the great development potential and economic benefits for Chinese investment in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Reforms are lagging far behind the pace of the deepening economic crisis
On Holos Stolytsi Radio, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko spoke about the challenges and prospects for Ukrainian industries. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Bosnia Minister Quits Over Arms Sales to Ukraine
Bosnia’s Foreign Trade Minister has resigned, citing pressures to allow ammunition sales to Ukraine, though some see other factors at play. …read more Source: Balkan...
