Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Intelligence Officials Sow Discord By Stoking Fear of Russian Election Meddling
Another presidential election year is upon us, and the intelligence agencies are hard at work stoking fears of Russian meddling. This time it looks like the Russians do not only like the incumbent president but also favor who appears to be the Democratic front-runner, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. On Thursday, The New York Times ran a story...
Auf dem Weg zu mehr Resilienz
Infolge des Konflikts zwischen Russland und der Ukraine seit 2014 wurde die Anfälligkeit der baltischen Staaten für Destabilisierung zu einem wichtigen Thema in den transatlantischen und europäischen Strukturen. Nicht nur das Problem der militärischen Verwundbarkeit ist in diesem Zusammenhang wesentlich. Zahlreiche weitere Themen gerieten ins...
The Koch-Soros Quincy Project: A Train Wreck of Neocon and ‘Humanitarian’ Interventionists
Those hoping the non-interventionist cause would be given some real muscle if a couple of oligarchs who’ve made fortunes from global interventionism team up and pump millions into Washington think tanks will be sorely disappointed by the train wreck that is the Koch/Soros alliance. The result thus far has not been a tectonic shift in favor...
Turkey’s “Defense Line”: An Ideological Front
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Resmi Hesabi, Flickr, public domainBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,448, February 14, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey’s latest moves in Libya and the eastern Mediterranean should be viewed in the context of the recent Kuala Lumpur Summit, which announced the emergence of a new ideological bloc to counter Saudi...
Impeachment Couldn’t Depose Trump. Working Class Politics Can.
On the eve of his impeachment acquittal in the Senate, Donald Trump delivered a combative yet triumphant State of the Union address. Freed from the yoke of impeachment proceedings, the president didn’t bother to mention them at all. Instead, he touted a “great American comeback” and a “blue collar boom,” laced throughout with anti-immigrant...
Short- and Long-Term Impacts of the Escalation in Idlib
Clashing Priorities in Syria As the civil war in Syria moves towards an end, it becomes ever more difficult to postpone resolution of the toughest issues. Each actor has different priorities, which are not easy to reconcile. The Syrian regime wants to regain full control of its territory, while Russia and Iran are particularly keen on eliminating...
The “Deal of the Century” Is a Stimulus, Not a Blueprint
Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Benjamin Netanyahu, GPO photo by Kobi Gideon via Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Flickr CCBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,446, February 11, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: President Trump’s peace plan must be understood as a systemic impetus toward a new breakthrough rather than as a practical blueprint for...
Democrats Ignore Trump’s Real Violations
This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office – impeachment over Trump allegedly holding up an arms deal to Ukraine – flopped. Just like “Russiagate” and the Mueller investigation, and a number of other attempts to overturn the 2016 election.We’ve had three years of accusations and investigations with...
Washington’s symbolic support – US Secretary of State in Minsk
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo visited Minsk on 1 February. This was the first visit of a US Secretary of State to Belarus in 26 years. He had visited Ukraine one day earlier, and subsequently travelled to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. During his short visit, Pompeo met with President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and the Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Aspiration and the Russian Challenge
10/02/2020Rome, Associazione della Stampa Estera in ItaliaBY INVITATION ONLY A briefing with Vadym Prystaiko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of UkraineAdd to Calendar Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Aspiration and the Russian Challenge Rome, Associazione della Stampa Estera in Italia Organizer 2020-02-10 00:00:00 2020-02-10 00:00:00 [email protected]...
