Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Prospects For Peace And Prosperity In 2019: Our New Year Predictions
President Trump has taken credit for an early stock boom in his presidency. Will a bust threaten him more than “Russiagate”? Are we about to see a real crack-up of the mainstream media, as credibility among the American public plummets. What hot spots threaten to break into open flame? Ukraine? Liberty Report predictions for 2019:...
Russia’s ‘Political Solitude’ and the US
Russia’s responses to the US’s actions are often misinterpreted, but examining more closely how Russia approaches the US could help to explain the bilateral relationship’s future trajectory. Russia’s relations with the United States are at their nadir, and the new year appears to offer no immediate breakthroughs. The...
The US Withdrawal from Syria: A Blessing in Disguise?
A US 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster observes a jettisoned load of supplies in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Nov. 14, 2018, DOD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan CastelanBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,050, December 30, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: However misconceived, President Trump’s decision to withdraw US...
Newsweek Gets Russia Experts from the Atlantic Council, the Atlantic Council & the Atlantic Council
Sources are everything to a journalist. Without them, their stories would be hollow. Imagine there was a ready-made list of experts always willing to bring that crucial air of credibility to any story about…Russia, for example. Well, it turns out there is — and that list can be found on the website of the Atlantic Council — a think tank...
Changes in Arbitration Legislation of Ukraine. A Year Later
The judicial reform in Ukraine of 15 December 2017 affected the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine and Economic Procedure Code of Ukraine which greatly influenced the arbitration proceedings and the arbitrability in Ukraine. Now, almost a year later, we can analyze the main changes that have affected the Ukrainian arbitration legislation. In the...
What to Watch in 2019
One year ago people were expecting 2018 to be a second “year of the woman” – the first having followed Anita Hill’s sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas during his U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991. On this account 2018 met expectations. The momentum of the #metoo movement continued to build in 2018 and it...
The Reality and Future of Decentralization Reform in Ukraine
Invitation Only Research Event 11 January 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...
Can Hamas Disrupt Commercial Flights to Israel?
Aerial view of Ben-Gurion Airport, photo via WikipediaBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,040, December 19, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Hamas has repeatedly threatened to disrupt commercial flights to Israel, a threat intended to deter Israel whenever a violent round of hostilities erupts. This threat hearkens back to the flight ban that was imposed...
If Trump doesn’t draw a red line on Ukraine, Putin will only get bolder
By Alina Polyakova …read more Source:...
US Leaders Allowing Ukraine to Pull Them into Global War
George Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel was right – Again: The only thing the human race learns from history is that it learns nothing from history.In 1914,the British Empire, largest in human history and one of the longest-lasting, charged into World War I to defend “gallant little Belgium” whose King Leopold over the previous 30 years had carried out...
