Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Investment claim against Ukraine follows an antimonopoly fine imposed on Gazprom
On 25 October 2018, Gazprom filed an EUR 6.4 billion investment treaty claim against Ukraine in accordance with UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, under the Russia – Ukraine Bilateral Investment Treaty of 1998 (BIT). The claim concerns a fine imposed by a state authority. Although analysing the merits of the claim at this stage is premature, the […]...
The Negative Consequences of Putin’s Strategy
It has become an accepted line of thought that Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing chess on the international stage while the majority of Western leaders play checkers. His high-profile appearances among other world leaders at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires and the centenary of the end of World War I in Paris were noted by some as more...
Britain and the Future of European Security
Invitation Only Research Event 13 December 2018 – 12:00pm to 1:15pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London | SW1Y 4LE …read more Source: Chatham...
NATO‘s Northeast Quartet: Prospects and Opportunities for Baltic-Polish Defence Cooperation
For quite some time, territorial defence seemed to be an obsolete need, a leftover from the Cold War era. However, Russia’s overt and covert uses of military force—against Georgia in 2008 and against Ukraine since 2014—have profoundly altered the security environment and threat perceptions in the region and, indeed, across the entire...
Prime Minister delays Brexit vote to seek further “reassurances” from the EU on the backstop
Prime Minister delays Brexit vote to seek further “reassurances” from the EU on the backstopPrime Minister Theresa May has delayed Parliament’s vote on the Brexit withdrawal deal in order to seek “reassurances” from the EU on the issue of the Irish backstop. The vote had been due to take place today. Speaking in the House of Commons...
The Geopolitics of Ukraine’s Newly Independent Church
St Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, photo by Petar Milošević via WikipediaBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,033, December 11, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is experiencing troubles in Ukraine. Areas once considered to be the uncontested territory of the Russian Patriarchate are now becoming...
The ‘America Last’ Express Hurtles On: Saudi Arabia, INF, Ukraine
As the façade of 2016 Candidate Donald Trump’s promised “America First” continues to crumble away, the baked-into-the-cake pathologies of the foreign and security policy “experts” who monopolize President Trump’s administration plunge forward along their predetermined paths. Any realistic notion of American national interests comes...
No Russian Let-Up on Ukraine
Moscow’s seizure of Crimea and war in eastern Ukraine have led the West to sanction Russians and expand aid to Ukraine, and NATO to shift land and air forces eastward. Expanded Russian coercion may draw more NATO naval power closer to Russia’s shores and lead to tougher sanctions. …read more Source:...
In Ukraine It’s Not Merely About Ukraine—Which Is Why the West Must Respond
Russia’s actions in Ukraine fit into a larger pattern of aggression. The West needs to push back. Russia’s military actions against Ukraine in and around the Azov Sea have triggered more than a week now of reaction. Both the UN Security Council and the NATO-Ukraine Commission convened emergency sessions. NATO member states issued...
Why the United States Needs a Cohesive NATO
If a conflict with China arises, the United States will need a strong, cohesive NATO, as well as other partnerships around the world to maintain order and security in Europe’s neighborhood, and perhaps even beyond. The United States remains committed to Europe’s security and stability. But it also expects its European allies to pick...
