Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
How Does the International Environment Affect Elections and Grand Strategy?
Donald Trump, photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr CCBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,797, November 3, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The election of Donald Trump in 2016 posed a challenge to analysts and scholars. How could the election of so politically inexperienced a candidate, one with a highly controversial personality and a political orientation...
Ukraine: a Constitutional Court verdict ignites a political crisis
During a closed session on 27 October, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CC) issued a ruling that has halted the functioning of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (Ukr. NAZK). This body is one of the key institutions responsible for fighting corruption, which was created after the Revolution of Dignity. The court also found...
10 Ways to Call Something Russian Disinformation Without Evidence
How do you call something “Russian disinformation” when you don’t have evidence it is? Let’s count the ways. We don’t know a whole lot about how the New York Post story about Hunter Biden got into print. There are some reasons to think the material is genuine (including its cache of graphic photos and some apparent limited...
The VII International Arbitration Readings in Memory of Academician Igor Pobirchenko
The VII International Arbitration Readings in Memory of Academician Igor Pobirchenko will take place on 17 November 2020 from 11 AM to 2 PM in a hybrid format. This year Readings are dedicated to the open dialogue of public authorities, business and the legal community on the development of international arbitration in Ukraine: Arbitration for...
The Era of Changing Supply Chains
The Indo-Pacific region, image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,788, October 27, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The world is an increasingly unstable place. This is reflected in the way supply chains, a pillar of the globalized world, are changing. More and more countries are considering moving away from their dependence on...
Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2020
Welcome to the ninth edition of the Trans-Atlantic Scorecard, a quarterly evaluation of U.S.-European relations produced by Brookings’s Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE), as part of the Brookings – Robert Bosch Foundation Transatlantic Initiative. To produce the Scorecard, we poll Brookings scholars and other experts on the...
BBC’s upcoming White Helmets ‘documentary’ gears up to be a character assassination of those who challenge Syria war narratives
The BBC is preparing an attack against journalists, former diplomats, academics and scientists who challenge the dominant pro-war narratives against Syria underpinned by the pseudo-humanitarian White Helmets. The British public broadcaster has sent out requests for comments to those who have dared to expose the role the UK government and its...
Is Ukraine Changing Position Over Karabakh?
The language from Kyiv appears more ambiguous, despite its long-term support of territorial integrity.The reignition of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict has put Ukraine, a traditional ally of Azerbaijan, in a difficult position as it attempts to balance its diplomatic needs. Not only are there large Armenian and Azeri communities living in Ukraine,...
Internet Resources Become Weaponized
The current electoral campaign differs from that of 2016 in that the media, both conventional and online, has realized its power and has been openly playing a major role in what might well prove to be a victory across the board for the Democratic Party. At least that is the expectation, bolstered by a flood of possibly suspect opinion polls that...
Before the Bidens ‘Did’ Ukraine, There Was Iraq – and Serbia
The United States approaches the November 2020 election with growing apprehension, even dread. Among the possibilities:- Protracted uncertainty about the presidential contest. Think Florida 2000 but with several states’ results unresolved for weeks or even months (“Experts held ‘war games’ on the Trump vs. Biden election. Their...
