Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russlands diffuse Nuklearrhetorik im Krieg gegen die Ukraine
Russland verfolgt mit seinen nuklearen Drohgebärden im Krieg gegen die Ukraine eine dreigleisige Strategie. Erstens versucht es eine westliche Intervention abzuschrecken, zweitens Unterstützung für die Ukraine zu verhindern und drittens schrittweise Kyjiw zu erpressen, worauf der Westen bislang mit eigenen Abschreckungssignalen reagiert hat....
Sea Change in EU Trade Policy
Europe’s trade policy is heading for a sea change. But it is not Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine that is the main reason for this development. Rather, there are long-term influencing factors at work here: the WTO-centred multilateral trade order is visibly eroding. Protectionism is on the rise around the globe. World trade...
Sicurezza e difesa europea, quo vadis?
How is European defence changing in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the confrontation between Moscow and the West? What are possible developments for the EU and NATO, as well as for the relation between the two actors? Where are major European countries heading in military and technological-industrial terms? IAI’s conference...
Pacific Century: Sir Lawrence Freedman on Nuclear Strategy | Michael Auslin | Hoover Institution
Pacific Century: Sir Lawrence Freedman on Nuclear Strategy | Michael Auslin | Hoover Institution Ellen Santiago Tue, 10/18/2022 – 17:02 Hoover Institution fellow Michael Auslin is joined by eminent strategist Sir Lawrence Freedman to talk about whether Putin will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, how China is expanding its nuclear arsenal,...
The Ukrainian Blitz
The Ukrainian Blitz Rachel Moltz Tue, 10/18/2022 – 08:03 For several days now Russian forces have launched cruise missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian cities, targeting the electrical grid as well as targets clearly meant to terrorize the civilian population and kill noncombatants. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the strikes...
Elon and the Nazis
The world’s richest man, Space X’s Elon Musk, has a problem. Musk’s Starlink, a low-orbit satellite internet connectivity system, is used free of charge by the Zelenskyy regime in Ukraine. The system is used to target and kill Russians, so naturally, Zelenskyy and his neo-Nazi proteges consider it essential. Elon Musk is a lot...
Why Is Ukraine Rejecting Its Natural Allies?
…read more Source:: Project Syndicate (Czech...
What Does Russia Hope to Achieve by Bombing Ukrainian Cities?
The bombings look like an attempt by the Russian establishment to convince itself and others that Russia still has enough determination and resources to regain the military initiative. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Extremely cautious. Romania’s approach to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 8 October 2022, Romania’s Minister of National Defence Vasile Dîncu gave a controversial interview whose content contradicted the pro-Ukrainian stance which had been adopted by his country regarding the prospects for ending the ongoing war. Dîncu stated that the Kremlin has the means enabling it to prolong the conflict and that...
Preparations for the Battle of Kherson. 235th day of the war
The heaviest fighting occurs in the Bakhmut area and Soledar, located northeast of Bakhmut. According to some sources, Ukrainian forces have begun pulling reserves into the city to reinforce defences. Russian troops were to continue to apply pressure on the line of the Zherebets River in the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast, stopping attempts...
