Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
America Must Get Ready: Russia Is Trying To Grow Its Influence In Africa (From 1945)
The Russian assault on Ukraine marks the informal end to the so-called post-Cold War international order. In truth, Russia and China have been working to undermine extant global political architecture for years. The U.S. government must recognize that the challenge [Read More…] The post America Must Get Ready: Russia Is Trying To Grow Its...
Once Again, Foreign Energy Reliance Spawns Moral Depravity (From RealClearEnergy)
The United States has the resources, skilled workforce, and sophisticated technology to become the world’s dominant producer of all types of energy. Events in Ukraine are the latest illustration of why there is also a compelling moral imperative do so. [Read More…] The post Once Again, Foreign Energy Reliance Spawns Moral Depravity...
Dossier War in Ukraine
War in Ukraine Why Mariupol is so important for Russia.Belagerte ukrainische Stadt – Warum Mariupol so wichtig ist für Russland. Interview with Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, ZDF (in German) Mariupol before the fall: Assessments by Professor Andreas Heinemann-GrüderMariupol vor dem Fall: Einschätzungen von Prof. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder am...
World without Russia
The war unleashed by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine will have grave consequences for Russia—political, economic, cultural. However, contrary to the Kremlin’s thinking, Russia’s importance on the world stage, which is being rapidly reconsidered today, is in fact not so great. Modern Russia is beginning to fade into the past. …read...
WQ Dispatch March 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the already rapidly shifting landscapes of the Arctic
…read more Source:: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
A big war in Ukraine: The Kremlin’s goals and consequences for world politics
On February 24, the Russian army crossed the Ukrainian border in several directions simultaneously, thus beginning a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin employed most of its armed forces—around 130,000 people, according to various estimates—that had accumulated along the Ukrainian border over the past four months. …read more...
Mind the escalation aversion: Managing risk without losing the initiative in the Russia-Ukraine war
By Amy J. Nelson, Alexander H. MontgomerySince Russia began amassing troops on Ukraine’s border last fall and through the full-scale invasion of its neighbor launched two weeks ago, carefully coordinated responses from NATO allies have succeeded in preventing violent conflict between NATO and Russia. However, these actions have also created...
The Significance of Russia for Finnish Companies
Abstract This Policy Brief analyses the importance of Russia on the Finnish economy. We scrutinize both the trade relations and the presence of Finnish firms in Russia and that of Russian firms in Finland. We will show how Russia was seen as a large opportunity for the Finnish economy in the first two decades after the collapse of Soviet Union....
Russian Jews: a complicated narrative
Last October former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrote an article focusing on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, an ethnic Jew. Medvedev mocked and insulted him, implying that Zelensky is a treacherous Jew and a disgusting person. The article was criticized for anti-Semitism and attempts at undermining Zelensky’s political...
WAR IN UKRAINE: the world is at the critical junction, urgent action is needed now
IMR’s president Pavel Khodorkovskiy calls for immediate action to shelter Ukraine’s sky and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. …read more Source:: Institute of Modern...