Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Stake in the Nagorno-Karabakh War: Accident or Design?
As the world discusses the sudden cessation of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and the deployment of Russian “peacekeepers”, one critically important question is overlooked. Why did Russia not discourage Azerbaijan’s military offensive? A powerful security rationale implies a strong Russian interest in deterring a war that might change the...
US Color Revolution: The Not So Phantom Menace
“There is no civility, there is only politics…The Bureaucrats are in charge now…”— Senator Palpatine The Black Revolution in the US is proceeding according to script. We are into the 3rd act of it. Act I was the Coronapocalypse setting the stage for vastly expanded government powers and the systemic undermining of the sitting President. Act II...
Trump’s loss not necessarily Russia’s
By Steven PiferIt took some time to count the ballots, but the American electorate has rendered its judgement. While there may be legal challenges and a recount or two, Joe Biden will become the 46th U.S. president next Jan. 20. This outcome will displease some in Moscow. The Russian government, in particular its security services, worked to...
NATO Declares Biden White House Will Finally Confront ‘Assertive Russia’
With Joe Biden declared president-elect by a chorus of major networks in unison on Saturday, the same mainstream media has suddenly dropped any notion of ‘Russian interference’ in the election which for years had received wall to wall coverage. Over the weekend an MSNBC host went so far as to declare without evidence “This might...
Geschichte als Instrument der Innen- und Außenpolitik am Beispiel Russlands
Die derzeitige russische Führung legt großen Wert darauf, die über Jahrhunderte hinweg bestehende Kontinuität der russischen und sowjetischen Geschichte zu betonen. Historische Brüche sind in der offiziellen russischen Darstellung der eigenen Geschichte unerwünscht und negativ konnotiert. Gepflegt wird eine Kultur des Sieges, vor allem aufgrund...
Examining Ukraine’s “Hardware of Memory:” An Interview with George F. Kennan Fellow Viktoriia Svyrydenko
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Powerful Presidents Are Incompatible with Liberty
The mainstream media has declared former Vice President Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. However, this does not mean the 2020 Presidential campaign has come to an end. President Donald Trump is continuing his legal challenges to the vote counts in some key states.The emotional investment of many Americans into the race...
Russia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Genuine Threat or Misconception?
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, map via WikipediaBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,798, November 4, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While government officials and others have alleged a strategy that involves Russian-sponsored security organizations in recent escalations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, these claims are largely misconceptions. The...
How Does the International Environment Affect Elections and Grand Strategy?
Donald Trump, photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr CCBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,797, November 3, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The election of Donald Trump in 2016 posed a challenge to analysts and scholars. How could the election of so politically inexperienced a candidate, one with a highly controversial personality and a political orientation...
Ukraine: a Constitutional Court verdict ignites a political crisis
During a closed session on 27 October, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CC) issued a ruling that has halted the functioning of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (Ukr. NAZK). This body is one of the key institutions responsible for fighting corruption, which was created after the Revolution of Dignity. The court also found...
