Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
From the Ukraine–Russia War to the Navalny Case: How to Deal with the Kremlin?
Seven years after the annexation of Crimea and amid an ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia has tried to move towards military escalation in the Donbass region making clear that the status quo emerged in 2014 as a “new normal” cannot last. The Minsk II Agreement negotiated between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in the framework of the Normandy...
the Ukrainian Arbitration Association’s Annual Conference to take place online
CIS Arbitration Forum is pleased to support the Ukrainian Arbitration Association’s Annual Conference. The Ukrainian Arbitration Association invites you to join our selection of international speakers for a 2-day Arbitration Conference. The organizers have handpicked a stellar cast of leading international arbitration lawyers,...
Moskau zieht zusätzliche Truppen nahe der Ukraine und auf der Krim wieder ab
Militärische Großübungen im Umfeld von Krisengebieten dienen nicht nur der Ausbildung. Mit ihnen senden Staaten politische Signale. Solche Manöver verstärken Bedrohungsperzeptionen und bergen die Gefahr der Eskalation. Als Moskau ab Ende März 2021 seine Truppenpräsenz östlich der Ukraine und auf der Krim erhöhte, warnten der ukrainische...
Who Suffers Most From Russian Tourism Sanctions Against Turkey?
Russia imposed a tourism ban on Turkey in apparent retribution for Turkey’s support of Ukraine. But the travel sanctions may be an own goal. …read more Source:: Carnegie Endowment for International...
How the West reacted to Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly
On April 21, Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to Russia’s Federal Assembly. Instead of making a big announcement (like in his 2014 Crimea speech) as was predicted by many experts against the backdrop of Russian military buildup at Ukraine’s border, the Russian president mainly drew upon domestic and social affairs. IMR has...
Crimea-related arbitral award annulled for lack of ratione temporis jurisdiction
On 30 March 2021, the Paris Court of Appeal annulled a 1.1 billion US dollars award against Russia in favour of the Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank for the expropriation of its assets in Crimea. The Court found that the Oschadbank’s investments did not fall within the temporal scope of the Russia-Ukraine 1998 BIT, and therefore […]...
Troops withdrawing? Russian forces still on Ukraine’s borders
On 22 April, the so-called active phase of the combat readiness test of the Southern and Western Military Districts (MDs) being held at military training grounds in Crimea and the surrounding waters reached its final stage. A total of 10,000 soldiers, 1200 heavy weapons and military equipment, over 40 combatants and 20 auxiliary ships were...
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power Book dora.popova 22 February 2021 A series of prolonged and unsuccessful wars waged in recent decades by the United States and its allies have contributed to intense debate on a ‘decline of the West.’ In War Time, war studies experts examine this trajectory of Western military...
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power
War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power Book dora.popova 22 February 2021 A series of prolonged and unsuccessful wars waged in recent decades by the United States and its allies have contributed to intense debate on a ‘decline of the West.’ In War Time, war studies experts examine this trajectory of Western military...
Russia and the Costs of EU Foreign Policy Division
The recent visit of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell to Moscow and its aftermath has shown how immature EU foreign policy still is. The EU needs to learn from this affair to start rebuilding a foreign policy consensus and overcome costly divisions. The start of a new U.S. administration, the departure...
