Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s attack on Ukraine: day 60
The Orthodox Easter did not affect the pace and nature of the military struggle. Minor shifts in favour of the aggressor occurred in the south of the Kharkiv Oblast (Dibrovne in the direction of Barvinkove) and in the north of the Donetsk Oblast (Zarichne in the direction of Sloviansk). However, the positions of the parties in the Donbas and...
The Ukraine War Is Reshaping the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
With Russia unable to act as key mediator, the countries are looking elsewhere for help. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
‘Mission Accomplished’? Blinken In Kiev Announces Ukraine ‘Has Already Succeeded.”
US Secretaries of State and Defense made a surprise visit to Kiev over the weekend to declare that Russia had already failed and Ukraine had already succeeded in the two-month conflict. Promising additional weapons transfers, the US is becoming ever more engaged in the war. Dangerous? Also today, some NATO officials openly declare goal is to...
“What Is in Our Interest”: India and the Ukraine War
As Russia’s war in Ukraine unfolds, India’s national interests have so far dictated a position of formal neutrality. Here are the factors New Delhi faces in balancing its foreign policy priorities. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
#BritainDebrief – What world order comes after Ukraine? A Debrief with Patrick Porter
The post #BritainDebrief – What world order comes after Ukraine? A Debrief with Patrick Porter appeared first on Atlantic Council. …read more Source:: Atlantic...
Minsk II: Two Words You’ll Never Hear on Mainstream News
Ask a hundred Americans and you’ll be lucky to find even one who’s ever heard of Minsk II. But ask those same Americans how the Ukraine war started, and you’ll likely get “Russian President Putin woke up one day and decided to re-establish the Soviet empire, starting with Ukraine.” That is because our government and...
Inflation, Quick and Dirty
All of a sudden everyone is an expert on inflation. Your brother-in-law, your local paper, and even dilettantes at dubious outlets like the Washington Post or The Atlantic feel compelled to explain our current predicament. With the admitted rate of consumer inflation running somewhere around 8 percent, and the real rate much higher, even central...
The Ukraine War is a Racket
“War is a racket, wrote US Maj. General Smedley Butler in 1935. He explained: “A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small ‘inside’ group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few...
Why Putin Wants to Destroy Ukraine
…read more Source:: Project Syndicate (Czech...
China’s recent trade moves create outsize problems for everyone else
Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken a shocking toll on the region. It has also contributed to a global food crisis, as Russia is blocking vital fertilizer exports needed by farmers elsewhere, and Ukraine’s role as the breadbasket for Africa and the Middle East has been destroyed. But there is another… …read more Source::...
