Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Articles On: Fentanyl, Economic Coercion, Pressure Tactics, Covid, Ukraine, Russia, Winnie the Pooh, Investors, and Self-Media
Articles On: Fentanyl, Economic Coercion, Pressure Tactics, Covid, Ukraine, Russia, Winnie the Pooh, Investors, and Self-Media LeAnn Sun, 03/26/2023 – 04:00 Stop Fentanyl Shippers from Exploiting the U.S. Postal System by Paul Steidler via National Interest on March 19, 2023 VIDEO – Countering China’s Economic Coercion – Report...
Ukraine: the IMF support package and increased defence spending
On 21 March 2023 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with Ukraine on an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, under which the country will receive a total of $15.6 billion in funding, including $4.5 billion by the end of this year. The four-year programme is divided into two phases. In the...
Ukrainian forces counter Russian attempts to encircle Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Day 393 of the war
Bakhmut and Avdiivka are still the main areas of fighting, as Russian forces (including units of the Wagner Group and the 1st Donetsk Army Corps) continue their operations to encircle both towns. Around Bakhmut, clashes are mainly taking place on the city’s north-western outskirts, where Ukrainian forces are managing to hold their positions...
The Real Reason China is Arming Russia in Ukraine
Just as Iran has used Ukraine’s brutal war to test the effectiveness of its drone and missile technology, so China’s emerging industrial-military complex is reportedly looking for opportunities to conduct a rigorous evaluation of its new weapons systems; …read more Source:: Gatestone...
The Russo-Ukraine War: Possible Lessons for the IDF
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,189, March 26, 2023 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The war in Ukraine is an example of modern high-intensity warfare. As such, it offers a number of lessons that can be learned about the capabilities, limitations, and requirements … …read more Source:: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic...
Newly Cataloged Library Materials March 2023
Newly Cataloged Library Materials March 2023 Maryann Fri, 03/24/2023 – 09:58 The Hoover Institution Library & Archives houses publications and archival collections chronicling historical struggles for freedom, and it has long been a beacon for Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet dissidents. As articulated by Herbert Hoover upon founding the...
“Deliverables” Vs Nice Words: Reflections On The Xi-Putin Summit
“Deliverables” Vs Nice Words: Reflections On The Xi-Putin Summit Rachel Moltz Fri, 03/24/2023 – 10:19 Michael McFaul Off Fri, 03/24/2023 – 11:39Hoover Daily Report Friday, March 24, 2023 1 McFaul’s World https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/deliverables-vs-nice-words-reflections Off Off 1 1 Off Off Main Research Feed Off...
Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security With Rafael Mariano Grossi
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi discusses IAEA efforts to address the nuclear safety and security situation in Ukraine, and the main proliferation challenges worldwide, including concerns surrounding Iran’s nuclear program. The Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security was established...
Ukraine and the Lessons of the Iraq War
Leaving aside the manufactured justifications, the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to reassert U.S. power in the Middle East and reduce the influence of Iran. It wasn’t terrorism or yellow cake or even Saddam Hussein’s appalling human rights abuses that motivated one of the most tragic of U.S. foreign policy blunders. It was...
New US Export Controls: Key Policy Choices for Europe
In response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the United States and 37 countries formed a coalition in February 2022 to implement a barrage of export controls outside of any formal arrangement. By contrast, US controls on China are often unilateral, such as its October 2022 measures on semiconductors that went ahead without explicit consent,...
