Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Europe’s State of Denial About Islamic State Returnees
Transatlantic TakeThe latest developments in Syria should serve as a warning to European countries that they will not be able to put off indefinitely the challenge of repatriating their nationals who had joined Islamic State (IS) and their families. IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, but jihadists in the region are determined to...
Deep State on the National Security Council: Colonel Vindman Is an ‘Expert’ With an Agenda
The current frenzy to impeach President Donald Trump sometimes in its haste reveals that which could easily be hidden about the operation of the Deep State inside the federal government. Congress is currently obtaining testimony from a parade of witnesses to or participants in what will inevitably be called UkraineGate, an investigation into...
Russian Society and Foreign Policy: Mass and Elite Orientations after Crimea
Most Russians agree with the official narrative that Russia has re-emerged as a great power under Vladimir Putin, particularly with the annexation of Crimea. However, many Russians are unwilling to bear the economic burden of escalating tensions with the West, evidenced by the declining “Crimea bump” in Putin’s popularity and growing...
Foreign Aid Makes Corrupt Countries More Corrupt
Counting on foreign aid to reduce corruption is like expecting whiskey to cure alcoholism. After closed House of Representatives impeachment hearings heard testimony on President Trump’s role in delaying US aid to Ukraine, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declared: “Numbers don’t lie. It’s even more clear now that President...
Six Months in Power: Zelenskyy’s Achievements So Far
Approximately half a year ago, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected based on his campaign promises of peace, a responsive government, anti-corruption reforms, and increasing the average household income. How has the new president and his team met these expectations? Do Ukrainians still trust their new government? Kennan Institute Senior Advisor on...
Growing Indicators of Brennan’s CIA Trump Task Force
The average American has no idea how alarming is the news that former CIA Director John Brennan reportedly created and staffed a CIA Task Force in early 2016 that was named, Trump Task Force, and given the mission of spying on and carrying out covert actions against the campaign of candidate Donald Trump. This was not a simple gathering of a...
Impeachment Theater
Ukrainegate is the new Russiagate. The “whistleblower complaint” is the new “dirty dossier.” The ‘former’ MI6 spy Christopher Steele wrote the dossier. The current CIA spy Eric Ciaramella wrote the “complaint”: Federal documents reveal that the 33-year-old Ciaramella, a registered Democrat held over...
Europe 1989-2019: Lessons learned 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall
The 30 years since the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 have been marked by incredible progress toward a Europe “whole and free.” The European Communities became the European Union, grew to 28 member states, and helped raise living standards across the continent. NATO survived the end of the Cold War and expanded to 29 members. But...
John Yoo: No, I Didn’t Call Alexander Vindman A Spy. But Ukraine Did Engage In Espionage
Image credit: istockAnalysis and Commentaryvia USA TodayI really stepped in it this week. In the course of a Fox News interview, host Laura Ingraham began with a breaking news account about Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert and director of European Affairs on the National Security Council (NSC). …read more Source:: Hoover...
Future multilateral cooperation: Leveraging the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Two Years on
In: Other papers/articlesFuture multilateral cooperation: Leveraging the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Two Years onRussia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 stimulated greater defence cooperation throughout the Baltic littoral. Concerns about Russian aggression have once again made deterrence and territorial defence a priority for NATO and...
