Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
From Fiscal Drain to Economic Engine: The Case for Reforming Ukraine’s Energy Sector
Sagatom Saha is an energy policy analyst and former visiting fellow at DiXi Group, a Ukraine- …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
The Russia Investigation is about Criminalizing Peace
“For those who long wondered why throughout the presidential campaign Trump could not bring himself to say a critical word about Russian President Vladimir Putin, we now know the answer: Trump was hoping to do business in Russia, and doing so would require the approval of Putin.” – USA Today Opinion Make no mistake, the mainstream...
The Sea of Azov should not become a Russian lake
The conflict in Ukraine is far from over. …read more Source: European Policy...
Security for Disarmament: Negotiating Ukraine’s Budapest Memorandum
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict, with its recent escalation in the Sea of Azov, continues to draw attention to the substance of security commitments pledged by the nuclear weapons states to Ukraine in exchange for dismantling the nuclear arsenal it inherited from the Soviet Union. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International...
