Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russian Militia in Ukraine Says It’s Building an Air Force: Is that Quixotic or Dangerous?
The Kremlin-loyalist Russian TV station LifeNews told the story January 17 that the Lugansk People’s Republic, the mini-state propped up by Russia in Ukraine’s Lugansk province, is establishing an air force. The station played just a minute of video showing men in winter military uniforms rolling a 1960s-era two-seat jet...
Russia Sends New Army Troops Into Ukraine War, Kyiv Says
Intensified Combat and a Wave of Bombings May Be Kremlin Pushing Ukraine to Accept New Talks Russia reportedly has sent two battalions of troops into Ukraine’s Donbas region to strengthen its forces there amid a week-long spike in combat. At a minimum, Russia’s injection of new regular troops, tanks and rockets is a warning to...
Fighting Nears Central Donetsk, Balkan Neighbors at Odds Over Trepca Mine
Plus, bomb blasts shake Albania’s second city and a major Eurasian communications link comes closer to reality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s statements on a new gas pipeline with Turkey are another bluff
Russia’s statements on building a new gas pipeline with Turkey is only part of the information warfare. This opinion was expressed by Director of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Before this project, there was a project ‘The Power of Syberia’ with China. Back...
Ukraine Fatigue: To Be or Not To Be (Bailed Out)
Ukraine teeters on the brink of default. The government is devoting more energy to public relations than actual reforms. Recent developments are likely to fuel the creation of a new black hole in Europe. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Eastern Ukraine: Civilians dying and in grave danger as fighting escalates
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine: Civilians dying and in grave danger as fighting escalates …read more Source: Amnesty...
The separatist conflict costs Ukraine $10 million a day
The collapse in Ukraine’s hard currency reserves to just enough to cover five weeks of imports is threatening big government debt writedowns, rather than mere maturity extensions, being needed to put the country on its feet, the Reuters reports. Meanwhile the separatist conflict continues to cost Kyiv $10 million a day and is distracting...
The nuclear dimension of the Ukraine conflict
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
State of the Union symposium: What President Obama should say, and what he will say
Tomorrow, January 20th, is President Obama’s seventh State of the Union address. Observers will be watching closely as he lays out his agenda for his remaining time in office. We have gathered here the opinions of several AEI experts on what they think the president should cover in his speech, andwhat we might expect him to actually say....
China-EU Relations in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
