Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power Book dora.popova 22 February 2021 A series of prolonged and unsuccessful wars waged in recent decades by the United States and its allies have contributed to intense debate on a ‘decline of the West.’ In War Time, war studies experts examine this trajectory of Western military...
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power Book dora.popova 22 February 2021 A series of prolonged and unsuccessful wars waged in recent decades by the United States and its allies have contributed to intense debate on a ‘decline of the West.’ In War Time, war studies experts examine this trajectory of Western military...
Russia and the Costs of EU Foreign Policy Division
The recent visit of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to Moscow and its aftermath has shown how immature EU foreign policy still is. The EU needs to learn from this affair to start rebuilding a foreign policy consensus and overcome costly divisions. The start of a new U.S. administration, the departure...
Reckless Rhetoric Is A Reckless Standard For An Impeachment Trial
Below is my column in the Hill on how the second Trump impeachment could become a trial over reckless rhetoric in America. The House managers may be playing into that very danger by selecting some managers who have been criticized in the past for their own over-heated political rhetoric. As managers were replaying the comments of former President...
Why Victoria Nuland Is Dangerous and Should Not Be Confirmed
Victoria Nuland exemplifies the neocons who have led US foreign policy from one disaster to another for the past 30 years while evading accountability. It is a bad sign that President Joe Biden has nominated Victoria Nuland for the third highest position at the State Department, Under Secretary for Political Affairs. As a top-level appointee,...
Alexei Navalny and Public Dissent in Russia
Alexei Navalny, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,928, February 11, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The massive protests staged in Russia by supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny pose a serious threat to the country’s political elite. The Kremlin has a problem on its hands no matter what it does. Whether...
EU support for Russian democracy is inadequate
By Constanze Stelzenmüller“A very complicated visit,” was the verdict of the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on his trip to Moscow last week to protest at the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. In a statement published on Sunday, he added: “An aggressively-staged press conference and the expulsion of three EU...
The ICC’s Decision to Investigate Israel Is Baseless but Dangerous
Fatou Bensouda, photo via website of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the HagueBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,926, February 9, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The decision of the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is...
In Confronting Russian ‘Aggression’, Biden Forgets he is the Problem, not the Solution
Joe Biden calls on American leadership to confront Russian authoritarianism that he claims threatens American democracy. But every problem between the two has its roots in US actions Biden once supported. Physician, heal thyself. “America is back. America is back. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy.” With these resounding words...
Joe Biden’s Engagement in Belarus
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, July 2020, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,918, February 5, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Unlike his predecessor Donald Trump, President Joe Biden is taking an active interest in Belarus, a small country on the periphery of Russia, and suggesting a more hawkish policy toward Russia. It’s...
