Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Ukraine war’s impact on developing countries
By Indermit Gill, David DollarIndermit Gill, vice president for equitable growth, finance, and institutions at the World Bank and a Brookings nonresident senior fellow, talks with host David Dollar about how economic growth in developing countries has been affected by COVID and now the war in Ukraine. Gill explains that pre-existing...
War in Eastern Ukraine Lessons learned so far from the Ukraine conflict
The interpretation of the Ukraine conflict is contested and part of the global competition between autocratic and open societies. Russia claims a special status in international relations, a privileged sphere of influence in the post-Soviet space, it turns towards Asia and away from Europe. “The West”, meanwhile, wants to draw the...
Washington Is Delirious With War Fever — For No Reason Of Homeland Security
Economic, social and political dangers abound. That’s because Washington and its subservient mainstream media are delirious with war fever like at no time in the last seven decades. The resulting reckless pursuit of an unhinged Sanctions War against Russia poses a dire threat to the global economy and domestic prosperity and does so for no...
Sanctions: Tightening the noose on Russia
The words of Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, were as provocative as accurate—it is indeed a “total economic and financial war” that has been launched against Russia. What is at stake goes beyond Ukraine, since it is about finding out whether economic retaliations can make an aggressor… …read more Source::...
The Perceptions of Robert Jervis: An Appreciation
by Ken Booth and Nicholas J. Wheeler As we write this appreciation of Robert Jervis, weeks after his death at the end of 2021, media outlets are full of stories of major powers readying themselves for the expansion of a war across the Russia-Ukraine border. TV news reports soldiers, tanks, warships, and aircraft carrying out […] …read more...
Brookings President John R. Allen on Russia, Ukraine, China, and leading the Institution forward
By John R. Allen, Fred DewsIn this final episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, John R. Allen, president of the Brookings Institution, offers his views on Russia’s war on Ukraine—including the February 4 joint statement between Russia and China; on China’s continued ambitions for global leadership; and on the role of the...
America Must Get Ready: Russia Is Trying To Grow Its Influence In Africa (From 1945)
The Russian assault on Ukraine marks the informal end to the so-called post-Cold War international order. In truth, Russia and China have been working to undermine extant global political architecture for years. The U.S. government must recognize that the challenge [Read More…] The post America Must Get Ready: Russia Is Trying To Grow Its...
War and gas
Is the surge in natural gas prices in Europe this winter related to the escalation in Ukraine following Putin’s ultimatum to the West and threat of war? According to economist Vyacheslav Inozemtzev, director of the Center for Research on Post-Industrial Societies (Moscow), the answer to this question is not as straightforward as it might...
Flucht aus der Ukraine: Mobilität erhalten und langfristig denken!
Europa erlebt derzeit die größte Fluchtbewegung seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die EU hat erstmals die Richtlinie zum vorübergehenden Schutz aktiviert. Demnach können die Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine ihr Aufnahmeland selbst wählen, dort arbeiten und Leistungen erhalten. Auch wenn die Zahl der Flüchtenden Sorgen bereitet, sollte die EU an diesem...
Once Again, Foreign Energy Reliance Spawns Moral Depravity (From RealClearEnergy)
The United States has the resources, skilled workforce, and sophisticated technology to become the world’s dominant producer of all types of energy. Events in Ukraine are the latest illustration of why there is also a compelling moral imperative do so. [Read More…] The post Once Again, Foreign Energy Reliance Spawns Moral Depravity...
