Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Hitting the Pause Button: The ‘Frozen Conflict’ Dilemma in Ukraine
Frozen conflicts describe places where fighting took place and has come to an end, yet no overall political solution, such as a peace treaty, has been reached. Ukraine is likely to host such conflicts for some time, in Crimea and the Donbas region. Georgia’s experience offers lessons for Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power: Reforming peacekeeping in a time of conflict
Good afternoon.I’ve come here today to talk to about UN peacekeeping. There is a lot going on in the world right now, but the urgent, critical issues on our plate should not divert us from an important fact: the United States has a vital interest – and a critical role to play – in strengthening peacekeeping to meet demands that peacekeepers...
Ukraine News Roundup | November 7
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For Putin, Ukraine’s Elections Backfired. So Now it’s Back to War
Analysts: Moscow Fights Now with Mercenaries and Local Trainees, But in 20 Weeks May Again Send Its Own Troops The Russian-Ukrainian conflict in southeastern Ukraine is sliding back quickly into all-out war. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said this morning that its forces have killed 200 separatist fighters and destroyed four tanks, plus...
Latvian Foreign Minister Comes Out, Putin Says Politics Behind Oil Price Drop
Plus, Belarus expels a rights activist over traffic violations and a right-wing Polish politician says his case proves the ubiquity of police brutality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Outflanks the West
How Western conventional military strength is circumvented in Eastern Europe by Russia’s combination of asymmetric hybrid warfare and nuclear threats. …read more Source: Royal United Services...
Success? The Russia/Ukraine/EU gas agreement
2014-11-05Szymon KardaśWojciech KonończukAgata Łoskot-StrachotaWe cannot rule out the possibility that the gas ‘ceasefire’ will be violated before the date specified in the protocol. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Hitting the Pause Button: The “Frozen Conflict” Dilemma in Ukraine
For some time, Ukraine is likely to host frozen conflicts, in Crimea and the Donbas region. Elections last Sunday in the Russian-armed, rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine reinforced this. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Ukraine’s Need for Fast Reform Means Government Has No Time for Infighting
Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk Must Cut Short Their Recent Signs of Rivalry As Ukraine’s new leading political parties renew their talks today, they can waste no time in forming the government that now must grapple with a financial emergency, economic crisis, and war in the east. They must avoid acrimony or drawn-out negotiations, yet some signs...
Elections in a World Falling Down
A specter is haunting Eastern Europe, and its name is Russia. Europe and the U.S., too slow to respond, are allowing that specter to change the way Eastern Europe sees the world. Ukraine has held two elections in a row with its sovereign territory being carved up by Russians and Russian-backed forces. Today, as the cease-fire crumbles again and...
