Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
WQ Dispatch March 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the already rapidly shifting landscapes of the Arctic
…read more Source:: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
How the West Enabled War in Ukraine
…read more Source:: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Saving face abroad: the Belarusian opposition in exile on the war in Ukraine
In the light of the Lukashenka regime’s de facto complicity in the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the Belarusian political circles in exile have undertaken a number of actions on the international stage. …read more Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies...
A big war in Ukraine: The Kremlin’s goals and consequences for world politics
On February 24, the Russian army crossed the Ukrainian border in several directions simultaneously, thus beginning a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin employed most of its armed forces—around 130,000 people, according to various estimates—that had accumulated along the Ukrainian border over the past four months. …read more...
The ‘Ukrainian Resistance’ and the Houthis – A contrast in media coverage
In the now month-long mainstream media coverage of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, much attention has been paid to the actions of the ‘Ukrainian Resistance’. In a manner not dissimilar to its coverage of the ‘Syrian rebels’ a decade ago, a romanticised image of ‘Ukrainian freedom fighters’ fighting bravely against...
Ending the War in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy for ending his war in Ukraine. He intends to wipe the country off the map. Initially, he’d hoped to do so by seizing Kyiv, replacing the government, and absorbing as much of Ukrainian territory into Russia as he thought feasible. Now, after the resistance of the Ukrainians, he is looking to eliminate...
Mind the escalation aversion: Managing risk without losing the initiative in the Russia-Ukraine war
By Amy J. Nelson, Alexander H. MontgomerySince Russia began amassing troops on Ukraine’s border last fall and through the full-scale invasion of its neighbor launched two weeks ago, carefully coordinated responses from NATO allies have succeeded in preventing violent conflict between NATO and Russia. However, these actions have also created...
Re-Visiting Russiagate In Light Of The Ukraine War
It’s hard to believe that the last president spent his term pouring weapons into Ukraine, shredding treaties with Russia and ramping up cold war escalations against Moscow which helped lead us directly to the extraordinarily dangerous situation we now find ourselves in, and yet mainstream liberals spent his entire administration screaming...
How Russia’s war in Ukraine affects the financial sector
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country’s financial system has been crippled by financial sanctions from a broad range of reserve-currency-issuing jurisdictions. This discussion will focus on the latest financial sector developments inside Russia and the broader consequences in Europe… …read more Source::...
The Significance of Russia for Finnish Companies
Abstract This Policy Brief analyses the importance of Russia on the Finnish economy. We scrutinize both the trade relations and the presence of Finnish firms in Russia and that of Russian firms in Finland. We will show how Russia was seen as a large opportunity for the Finnish economy in the first two decades after the collapse of Soviet Union....
