Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
In Search of Upcoming Supply Chain Surprises: The World Export Market Shares of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
Abstract This brief considers the world export market shares of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine across over five thousand commodities (the full dataset is provided online at the same web address as this brief). The aim is to provide a tool for gauging where supply chain disruptions might emerge next. Earlier discussion regarding the international...
Biden FY 2023 Budget Puts War Before Human Needs
President Biden’s FY 2023 budget request once again prioritizes violence, the military and war over peace and human needs. But more spending on militarism can’t address the nation’s or the world’s problems. At $813 billion, the President’s request for the Pentagon exceeds even the $782 billion budget that Congress...
South Korea’s New Foreign Policy of One Yes and Two Nos
South Koreans are sorting out the implications of the recent presidential elections. Victorious conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rose to prominence on an anti-corruption agenda and has various plans to shake up the way government functions. He has also pledged to reduce government intervention in the economy, boost incentives for business,...
Who’s Enabling Putin’s Enablers?
Where would Vladimir Putin be without the Russian oligarchy? Without Russia’s oligarchs, political leaders of the Western world have concluded, Putin would be tottering. Western leaders have made squeezing Russia’s richest a central piece of their strategy to end Putin’s Ukraine cross-border assault. These same Western leaders,...
“Let Freedom Ring”: Support Ukraine & USA Energy Independence
In late 1944, desperate Poles radioed the Allies pleading for weapons to help them stop the Nazis from massacring the citizens of Warsaw. The Soviet Army was within easy distance of the Polish capital but, for some reason, decided to pause in their …read more Source:: Gatestone...
Biden: We’re In ‘Long Fight’ With Russia Over Ukraine. Who Benefits From Escalation?
In President Biden’s final speech in Europe – held in Warsaw – not only did he call for ‘regime change’ in Russia but he warned that the war in Ukraine would be “long.” As Glenn Greenwald wrote recently, the Biden Administration seems to be doing everything it can to PROLONG the war. Why? Who benefits?...
The latest on Ukraine and other diplomatic efforts
The post The latest on Ukraine and other diplomatic efforts appeared first on Atlantic Council. …read more Source:: Atlantic...
Crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide: Of rights, responsibilities, and international order
On April 8, 2022, as part of the eighth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law, Foreign Policy at Brookings will host Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London and Samuel and Judith Pisar visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, for a keynote address on rights, responsibilities, and international...
Joint declaration by the State and the universities in North Rhine-Westphalia Solidarity with Ukraine
The NRW Ministry for Culture and Science on 2 March 2022 met with representatives of the universities and other research institutions, of students, university hospitals and student services organisations to discuss the current situation relating to the war of aggression by Russia on Ukraine and its impact on science and research. All participants...
How the Ukraine War Must Remake Europe
…read more Source:: Project Syndicate (Czech...
