Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
It’s a Borderful World
Nation-states: what a quaint notion. As a means of organizing territory, they seem to be a brief transition period between large empires and an even larger, borderless world. Sure, nation-states might live on in the form of anthems and flags and independence days, but the idea of fixed borders just don’t make sense in a world of cell...
Global Militarization Index 2018 Europe: Trend of an arms build-up in eastern and western countries
In the course of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the violent conflict in eastern Ukraine, relations between NATO and Russia have deteriorated severely. This can also be observed in the GMI 2018. “The pressure exerted by the United States on European NATO countries to increase their military budgets has its first effects”, Max...
Crimea Annexation 2.0
Similar to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western powers have been confined to watching events from the sidelines without finding an effective response-so far. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Russian attack on Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea: the military aspects
On 24 November, a group of ships of the Ukrainian Navy, composed of two armoured artillery boats, the Berdyansk and the Nikopol (newly-constructed Giurza M-type units, which have been in service since 2016 and 2018 respectively) and the tugboat Yana Kapu (in service since 1974), left Odessa under instructions to join the vessels which have been...
Government analysis: All Brexit scenarios lead to lower long-term UK growth compared to remaining in the EU
Government analysis: All Brexit scenarios lead to lower long-term UK growth compared to remaining in the EUThe Government’s analysis of the long-term economic impact of Brexit, published yesterday, found that all Brexit scenarios would reduce GDP growth compared to remaining in the EU. However, it also found that “the economy will continue...
At the Centenary of the End of WWI, Is the World Safer?
President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron at the commemorative ceremony marking the centenary of Armistice Day, photo via Office of the President of the Russian FederationBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,020, November 29, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Earlier this month, world leaders gathered in France to commemorate the centenary of the...
Time for Trump to Stand Up to Putin after the Sea of Azov Attack
Transatlantic TakeRussia’s attack on Ukrainian naval vessels in the Azov Sea on Sunday was not only a serious military provocation but also a renewed violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and international law. It also impacts the security interests of the United States, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
The West Has an Opportunity, Yet Again, to Push Back Against Russia
In August of 2008, Russia used separatist proxies in South Ossetia to attack Georgian villages near the city of Tskhinvali. The attack provoked a Georgian military response, which Moscow used as a pretext for a largescale invasion and occupation of Georgian territories. Russia did not embark on that military adventure simply to occupy Georgian...
Is Another Trump-Putin Meeting a Good Idea?
US President Donald J. Trump is expected to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Buenos Aires later this week. Is that a good idea in light of Russia’s latest aggression toward Ukraine and the somewhat stymied success of past meetings between the two leaders? In an interview with The...
Have We Reached Peak Soros?
George Soros is losing. He still thinks he’s winning. But, in reality, he’s losing.All around you, if you look closely enough, you will see the spectre of George Soros lurking behind the headlines. The caravan, net neutrality, regulating Facebook, the de-platforming of independent media, color revolutions and election meddling,...
