Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Colonel Alexander Vindman’s Revenge
During last year’s impeachment process directed against President Donald Trump, Congress obtained testimony from a parade of witnesses to or participants in what was inevitably being referred to as UkraineGate. It centered around an investigation into whether Trump inappropriately sought a political quid pro quo from Ukrainian leaders in...
Belarus Needs Peaceful US Engagement
Protest rally against Alexander Lukashenko, 16 August 2020, Minsk, Belarus, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,775, October 13, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Peaceful revolution has finally come to the last dictatorship on Russia’s Eastern European periphery. President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has become an...
Lockdowns Have Killed What’s Left of the United Nations’ Credibility
Distrust of the United Nations is a feeling that transcends political ideologies. Even many who view the UN as an essential institution gripe about the composition of its councils and its mounting listlessness over the last few decades. From charges of appeasement to accusations of moral relativism and beyond, the UN is regularly decried as an...
Resilient Ukraine: Safeguarding Society from Russian Aggression
Resilient Ukraine: Safeguarding Society from Russian Aggression Research Paper sysadmin 10 June 2020 Ukraine is a front-line state in the struggle between European rule-based order and Russian kleptocratic autocracy. Despite Russia’s aggression, economic pressure and information war, Ukraine has managed to preserve its statehood and...
America’s Global Reputation Isn’t Bouncing Back Anytime Soon
Donald Trump used to care what the world outside America thought of him. Before he ran for president, he was focused on turning his business into a global brand. The name “Trump” was supposed to connote all the luxury and success of the elite lifestyle. Trump hotels, Trump golf courses, Trump books and TV shows and knick-knacks: Donald...
Belarus Crisis May Signal Shift for Ukraine
Lukashenko has friends in Kyiv – but now faces increased pressure from Russia.It took over a month for the Ukrainian parliament to adopt a resolution on the growing wave of anti-regime protests in neighbouring Belarus. The bland statement they eventually produced on September 15, although it harshly condemned the detainment and treatment of...
The growing role of Ukraine on the Central European gas market
According to data from Ukrtranshaz, the operator of Ukraine’s underground storage facilities, the country has accumulated 27 bcm of gas in them as of 16 September, which is the largest volume in 10 years. According to the head of Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolev, the volume of the stored gas may reach 28 bcm before the heating season begins. In...
Ukraine, NATO, and Russia
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Nord Stream 2: Leverage Against Russia?
Following the poisoning of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent from the Novichok group, the possibility of using Nord Stream 2 to put pressure on Russia has been widely discussed. Specifically there are calls to abandon the project, to impose a moratorium, or to block gas deliveries through the pipelines if the...
Navalny, Nordstream 2, Belarus, and the American Elections: The Tangled Web of Smears against Russia
The narrative is banal and so familiar: Russia is once again accused of having “poisoned” an individual trumpeted by the Western media as threatening the Russian government’s interests. The minor political activist Alexei Navalny made the headlines after a suspicious incident at the airport in Tomsk on August 20, 2020 sickened him and...
