Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Azerbaijan, the Council of Europe, and Nagorno-Karabakh: A Reckoning
The failure of the world to follow through on its resolutions is endangering the authority of the bodies charged with keeping the peace. If the world will not stand by its words in the face of aggression and occupation, then combatant nations will rightly conclude that the only way to resolve their conflicts is through war — economic,...
Azerbaijan Looks to Thaw Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Through Targeted Diplomacy
Azerbaijan is taking its turn as the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and is attempting to put its own stamp on the body’s policy and pronouncements. The foremost issue for Azerbaijan is Armenia’s continued occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding Azerbaijani provinces, which has led to an armed line...
Gaining Crimea, Losing the Customs Union
Despite being close allies of Russia and members of the Moscow-led Customs Union, Kazakhstan and Belarus are nervous about Putin’s expansionist attitude. …read more Source: Royal United Services...
NATO Baltic Air Policing – Revenge of the Cold War Relic
NATO’s primary military response to the Russian annexation of Crimea was to reinforce its long standing Baltic Air Policing operations. Airpower is a domain in which NATO can credibly challenge Russian dominance in the region and provide ‘hard’ deterrence against military intimidation. …read more Source: Royal United...
Sevastopol: Crimean Citadel from Potemkin to Putin
The forces of history and culture can be seen at play in Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea …read more Source: Royal United Services...
Ukraine, the European Union and Russia: a Game of Absolutes?
Ukraine has finally signed economic agreement with the European Union which will further add to the tense atmosphere between Ukraine and Russia. As Ukraine faces West, Ukraine will have to assert its own political independence without alienating Russia. …read more Source: Royal United Services...
Ukraine: Understanding Russia
With the Ukraine crisis casting a long shadow over the Wales Summit, NATO must strive to understand Russia’s mindset …read more Source: Royal United Services...
Ukraine: Running out of Time
Ukraine needs a government of national unity that reaches out to its own people and tackles the country’s long overdue reforms; both Russia and Western powers should back a vision for the country as a bridge between East and West, not a geopolitical battleground. …read more Source: International Crisis...
The Ukraine Crisis in Relation to Syria and Iran
Don’t dislay license Paul Rogers 31 March 2014 The Russian annexation of Crimea may be in direct contravention of international agreements but is popular in Russia and …read more Source: Oxford Research...
The slow-reform trap
Read Marek Dabrowski Policy Contribution ‘The harsh reality of Ukraine’s fiscal arithmetic’ A never-ending controversy The question of optimal reform strategy, especially its speed and degree of ambition, has been repeatedly debated in relation to various historical occasions. The best-known controversy refers to the first period of...
