Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Russia’s Catch-all Nuclear Rhetoric in Its War against Ukraine
A close reading of Russia’s nuclear statements and actions during the first seven months of its war against Ukraine reveals a threefold approach. Moscow is walking a fine line between a well-crafted and successful deterrence strategy to prevent foreign military intervention; a more modest and rather unsuccessful attempt at dissuading...
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...