Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
EU-NATO Coordination in Crisis Management: From Complementarity to Synergies
The EU and NATO, with 22 common members, are going through halcyon years of cooperation in addressing global challenges and managing crises. From joint declarations on strategic partnership in 2016 and 2018 through mutual invitations to summits and other high-level meetings to 74 projects across seven policy areas, they are coordinating their...
From Complementarity to Synergies in EU-NATO Relations
The EU and NATO, with 22 joint members, are going through halcyon years of cooperation. From joint declarations on strategic partnership in 2016 and 2018 through mutual invitations to summits and other high-level meetings to 74 projects across seven policy areas, they are coordinating their efforts more than ever. Recent controversies around...
Consequences of the incident in the Sea of Azov
Before midnight on 25 November, President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree at the request of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine to introduce martial law for a period of 60 days, while announcing that a general mobilisation will not be declared and civil liberties will not be restricted (the full text of the decree regulating the...
A View from the Digital Trenches – Lessons from Year One of Hamilton 68
Summary The Russian government’s active measures campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election was a watershed moment in the study of modern information operations. Revelations that the Kremlin had purchased divisive political ads on social media platforms, leaked private campaign e-mails, established social media groups to organize...
Belarus and Eastern Europe Security Challenges
After the Ukraine crisis, Belarus has improved its image as a contributor to regional security. Part of this shift stems from greater cooperation with the West. This, along with Minsk’s selective non-compliance with Eurasian integration, however, brings closer scrutiny and potential pressure from Moscow. This panel will host a delegation of...
Tanks: Vital to Defense
Executive Summary Click here to read the full report as a pdf. In 2013, a year before Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States came within months of shuttering the last plant in the Western Hemisphere capable of building main battle [Read More…]The post Tanks: Vital to Defense appeared first on Lexington Institute. …read more Source:...
Are Ukraine’s Anti-corruption Reforms Working?
19 November 2018 Ukraine’s vicious circle of corruption begins with the power groups that have created and sustained a system in which citizens believe that it is impossible to live without corruption. The process of cleaning up institutions must start at the top. …read more Source: Chatham...
Civil Society Under Russia’s Threat: Building Resilience in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
8 November 2018 Building the resilience of societies and institutions offers a potentially viable strategy for the three countries to achieve more secure and less damaging cohabitation with Russia. Read …read more Source: Chatham...
Continuity and change in France’s policies towards Russia: a milieu goals explanation
6 November 2018 , Volume 94, Number 6 …read more Source: Chatham...
Security in Northern Europe: Deterrence, Defence and Dialogue
There are a number of challenges facing NATO members in coordinatng their response to Russia.NATO’s Northern members are increasingly concerned about Russia’s military activities. This Whitehall Paper contains perspectives from prominent authors across the region, showing how member states are responding, individually and...