Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ending the War in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has a very clear strategy for ending his war in Ukraine. He intends to wipe the country off the map. Initially, he’d hoped to do so by seizing Kyiv, replacing the government, and absorbing as much of Ukrainian territory into Russia as he thought feasible. Now, after the resistance of the Ukrainians, he is looking to eliminate...
How Russia’s war in Ukraine affects the financial sector
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country’s financial system has been crippled by financial sanctions from a broad range of reserve-currency-issuing jurisdictions. This discussion will focus on the latest financial sector developments inside Russia and the broader consequences in Europe… …read more Source::...
Nowhere to retreat: Vladimir Putin is trapped in Ukraine
By nearly every available measure, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a disaster for Russia. Yet even as military losses mount and economic sanctions reduce the living standards of ordinary Russians, there is little reason to believe that the Kremlin will change course. By ordering his tanks to cross the border into Ukraine, Vladimir...
Russia–Ukraine Talks
Vladimir Putin’s imperialist war of conquest in Ukraine is about to enter its fifth week. Russia’s failure to shock and awe Ukraine’s government and armed forces into submission through a poorly executed Blitzkrieg has morphed into a slow and ever more brutal three-front campaign. …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
Crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide: Of rights, responsibilities, and international order
On April 8, 2022, as part of the eighth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London and Samuel and Judith Pisar visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, for a keynote address on rights, responsibilities, and international...
Russia–Ukraine Talks and the Indispensable Role of the US and Europe
Vladimir Putin’s imperialist war of conquest in Ukraine is about to enter its fifth week. Russia’s failure to shock and awe Ukraine’s government and armed forces into submission through a poorly executed Blitzkrieg has morphed into a slow and ever more brutal three-front campaign. …read more Source:: Istituto Affari...
What Happened To Putin’s Little Green Men? (From RealClearDefense)
Moscow’s assault on Ukraine seems to contradict what we had anticipated about how a future high-end conflict with Russia would unfold. What happened to Putin’s Little Green Men, who were so effective in seizing Crimea in 2014? Although information coming [Read More…] The post What Happened To Putin’s Little Green Men?...
Western leaders must be honest about what it takes to stand up to Putin
By Constanze StelzenmüllerDuring major international championships, Germany — as a popular saying has it — is home to 82 million football trainers. (This columnist prefers basketball.) In the pandemic, it was a nation of impassioned virologists. Since the beginning of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine in late February, it seems that every...
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...
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::...