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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      Europe’s duty to protect Crimean Tatars
      Apr11

      Europe’s duty to protect Crimean Tatars

      Crimean Tatars face increasing repression by Russian authorities, but divisions on cooperation with Moscow or Kiev, as well as internal leadership disputes, have hindered a unified response. Europe must advocate for Tatars’ rights despite these challenges. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...

      Webinar: Ukraine’s Presidential Race – Analysing the Second Round Results
      Apr10

      Webinar: Ukraine’s Presidential Race – Analysing the Second Round Results

      Invitation Only Research Event 25 April 2019 – 12:00pm to 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London | SW1Y 4LE …read more Source: Chatham...

      Ukraine’s Presidential Election: What Does the Result Reveal about Ukraine?
      Apr10

      Ukraine’s Presidential Election: What Does the Result Reveal about Ukraine?

      Invitation Only Research Event 30 April 2019 – 3:30pm to 5:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London | SW1Y 4LE …read more Source: Chatham...

      It’s Time to Invite Georgia to Join NATO
      Apr09

      It’s Time to Invite Georgia to Join NATO

      On a visit to Tbilisi in March, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated a decade-old promise: Georgia will eventually join the Western military alliance. However, despite Stoltenberg’s comments, there is little discernible evidence to suggest membership for Georgia is in the cards. At NATO’s Bucharest Summit in 2008, the...

      Mariupol: An On-Site Report
      Apr09

      Mariupol: An On-Site Report

      Leni and Jiri Valenta with soldier in Mariupol, photo via the authorsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,136, April 9, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Although Vladimir Putin has not articulated the final objective of his proxy war in eastern Ukraine, his actions seem to indicate that he is determined to create a land bridge from Mariupol to Odessa –...

      VIPS Urge Trump to Avoid War in Venezuela
      Apr06

      VIPS Urge Trump to Avoid War in Venezuela

      VIPS warn that Trump’s policies regarding Venezuela appear to be on a slippery slope that could take us toward war in Venezuela and military confrontation with Russia.MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Avoiding War with Russia over Venezuela Mr. President: Your...

      War with Russia Is Not ‘Inevitable.’ Keep Repeating That
      Apr06

      War with Russia Is Not ‘Inevitable.’ Keep Repeating That

      Well, that didn’t take long! No sooner had Robert Torquemada Mueller wrapped up his obscenely expensive inquisition without finding any so-called collusion with Russia than the obstacles to rapprochement between Washington and Moscow immediately dissipated. Calls for a new détente issued from sound thinkers such as Daniel R. DePetris of The...

      Ukraine’s Presidential Gamble
      Apr05

      Ukraine’s Presidential Gamble

      Ukrainians are a revolutionary, not evolutionary people. That was confirmed in the first round of the presidential election on March 31, when out of a record number of 39 candidates, a political neophyte and comedy actor received twice as many votes as the incumbent president. The result of the second round on April 21 is hard to predict. Most...

      Zelenskiy: Anatomy of a success
      Apr04

      Zelenskiy: Anatomy of a success

      The political situation in Ukraine since the ‘revolution of dignity’ and the Russian aggression has created a specific social context in which the public’s perception of the traditional politicians has started to deteriorate dramatically. The revolution awakened high public expectations of comprehensive reforms to the state, a new...

      US Sen. Chris Murphy Warns Allies to Be Vigilant About the ‘Quiet Things’ Russia is Doing
      Apr04

      US Sen. Chris Murphy Warns Allies to Be Vigilant About the ‘Quiet Things’ Russia is Doing

      Says Russia funding ‘fight clubs and biker clubs’ in the Baltic States to exploit domestic instability US Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on April 3 warned NATO allies to be “constantly vigilant about the very quiet things that the Russians are doing that could ultimately lead to a traditional military confrontation.” Pointing to Russian support...