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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      Key Takeaway from Ukraine Peace Talks in Paris is that Zelensky’s Best Friend is Putin
      Dec12

      Key Takeaway from Ukraine Peace Talks in Paris is that Zelensky’s Best Friend is Putin

      The Paris talks on Ukraine have enabled Putin and Zelensky to meet for the first time. But they have agreed only to kick the can down the road, to agree to disagree, while seeking progress on issues other than the war in Donbass. It would be difficult to exaggerate the weakness of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s position. He is a...

      Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks
      Dec11

      Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

      In an interview with Euronews, GMF’s Bruno Lete weighs in on the Ukraine peace talks and relations between Russia and the EU. Featured image: Photo Credit: Sergei Chuzavkov / Shutterstock Source publication: EuroNewsLink: Read the full articleResearch and analysis for: Europe’s East and RussiaDate: Wednesday, December 11, 2019Featured...

      For France, NATO Was Never Essential
      Dec10

      For France, NATO Was Never Essential

      For the first time in years, Merkel and Macron are mediating in the Ukraine conflict. Just at a time France’s president distanced himself from NATO. French security expert and director of the GMF Paris office, Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, states that Macron’s policy is also in the interest of Germany. WELT: Ms. De Hoop Scheffer, what...

      Kennan Cable No. 45: Six Reasons the “Opposition Platform” Won in Eastern Ukraine
      Dec09

      Kennan Cable No. 45: Six Reasons the “Opposition Platform” Won in Eastern Ukraine

      At a large precinct in a regional city of Zaporizhya in eastern Ukraine—where I was an international election observer during the last parliamentary election on July 21­—vote counting proceeded well into the night. A room full of exhausted Precinct Election Commission (PEC) members, as well as domestic and international observers, seemed under...

      Congress is Trump’s Co-Conspirator Against Liberty
      Dec09

      Congress is Trump’s Co-Conspirator Against Liberty

      Imagine that President Trump spent his phone call with the Ukrainian president threatening to withhold military aid unless the Ukrainian government agreed to use the money to purchase weapons from a US manufacturer. Does anyone seriously think that foreign service professionals and deep state operatives would be so shocked and offended by...

      Senile, Demented and Incontinent: NATO at 70
      Dec08

      Senile, Demented and Incontinent: NATO at 70

      “Old Age,” the great French President Charles De Gaulle famously said, “is a shipwreck.” We should certainly feel that way about the 70th birthday celebrations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – the most venerable security alliance and organization in the world. The London Summit made it clear to the whole world: NATO at 70 has become a...

      Target… Iran !
      Dec07

      Target… Iran !

      In June of this year we examined why the United States will not attack Iran subsequent to raised tensions in the region. Six months later on the cusp of 2020, the United States has not attacked Iran militarily … yet. However, Defense Secretary Esper just threatened to deploy 14K more US mercenary* troops to the Middle East. So, let’s...

      Can the Paris Summit End Ukraine’s War?
      Dec06

      Can the Paris Summit End Ukraine’s War?

      The leaders of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine—the so-called Normandy Four group—are due to …read more Source:: Council on Foreign...

      Jonathan Turley Versus the Impeachment Steamroller
      Dec06

      Jonathan Turley Versus the Impeachment Steamroller

      Following up on his previous call for caution in the effort in the United States House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump, George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley on Wednesday presented to the House Judiciary Committee oral testimony and an extensive written statement regarding the case as it now stands for...

      NATO at 70: Sclerotic & bureaucratic zombie should be pensioned off
      Dec03

      NATO at 70: Sclerotic & bureaucratic zombie should be pensioned off

      Seventy is normally considered a ripe old age at which people should be enjoying retirement. The NATO alliance, which meets to celebrate its anniversary in London, should have been pensioned off long ago. The French president, who told the Economist in early November that NATO was “brain dead”, seems determined to jolt the alliance and its...