Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Dawn Still Hasn’t Broken for Eastern Europe
As Russian tanks and materiel pour into Ukraine, and the West congratulates itself on its failures to respond, the former subjects of the various Russian empires have come to realize that they are once again playing a game of decades against a determined hegemon. It is therefore entirely on their own shoulders to determine their future —...
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the New Security Paradigm
Armenia is in an increasingly difficult situation of its own making, one made worse by recent events. If not properly managed, an increasingly dangerous world will become much hotter very soon. Since it illegally occupied the Nagorno-Karabakh region and surrounding Azerbaijani provinces two decades ago, Yerevan and its puppet state in the...
What Next for Ukraine and the Eastern Partnership?
Ukraine remains a sovereign country. It has not yet been chopped into statelets, its ‘oblasts at undeclared war with each other, as rump statelets align with West and East and studiously indifferent and unbelievable neutrality. Ukraine remains a sovereign country. Its capital is in Kyiv, its armed forces have retaken or are retaking land...
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...
