Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Lavrov Calls for New Ukraine Cease-Fire, Russians Offered Free Land in Far East
Plus, governments scramble to defend currencies against the skyrocketing Swiss franc, and Armenia takes a fresh look at EU integration. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Nazarbaev as Mediator
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has managed to use the Ukraine crisis as a sort of stepping stone to elevate his international profile and Kazakhstan’s geopolitical status. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Judy Asks: Will Russia Escalate in Ukraine and Beyond?
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Obama’s Passage to India: A Chance to “Revitalize” Bilateral Relations
Turn ‘This Moment of Renewal … Into Concrete Action,’ Senator Mark Warner Says President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi this month presents an opportunity to “regenerate, restart, and revitalize” the bilateral relationship with India, according to Senator Mark R. Warner, co-chairman of the bipartisan Senate India...
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...
