Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Lehmann timber case revisited: pirates, maritime lien, and legal costs
Finnish courts recently examined a case which has a bearing to English, Russian maritime and other laws. According to my information, the case has been known to Russian marine insurance circles for years. The outcome of the case now depends essentially on the Finnish courts. The parties provided jurisdiction to them to determine whether the […]...
Turkey and Russia Prepared to Launch Joint Military Patrols in Syria’s Idlib
Download the PDF Key Takeaway: Growing Turkish-Russian military cooperation in Syria is a dangerous sign of a wider shift to a closer strategic relationship between Turkey and Russia. Russia gave Turkey permission to fly air sorties into Northern Syria as part of an agreement for joint military patrols along the frontlines in Greater Idlib...
Historical Treasures of Afghanistan Squandered
Poor security and neglect mean that local sites risk being lost forever.Officials in the eastern Afghan province of Badghis are warning that priceless archaeological treasures face destruction without urgent steps being taken to preserve them. Locals say that the scenery and archaeological treasures of the north-western province could match those...
EUISS administrative documents 2011
Saturday, December 31, 2011EUISS administrative documents 2011 …read more Source:: European Union Institute for Security...
Condoleezza Rice & Philip Zelikow: To Build A Better World
In the News featuring Condoleezza Ricevia UVA Miller CenterCondoleezza Rice will visit the University of Virginia on Thursday, September 12. Rice, the 66th U.S. Secretary of State, has a distinguished career in both academia and public service, ranging from her current position at Stanford University to George W. Bush’s National Security...
Elizabeth Warren’s Approach to Trade Is Inclusive, Green, and Ineffective
If Senator Elizabeth Warren’s policies on trade have a familiar ring, it may be because they echo the unlikely alliance of economic nationalist, labor, and environmental interests championed by previous presidential candidates Patrick Buchanan, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader, vintage 1993, in… …read more Source:: Peterson Institute...
La difesa missilistica e l’Italia
In: Documenti IAILa difesa missilistica e l’Italia: vecchie minacce e nuove sfide per la sicurezza nazionaleIssue: 19|17In quest’ultimo ventennio la diffusione di tecnologie su larga scala ha favorito la continua proliferazione delle capacità missilistiche. L’ammodernamento dei sistemi di attacco, caratterizzati da sempre...
Japan-South Korea Tensions Are Eroding Security in Northeast Asia
Tit-for-tat behavior between Japan and South Korea has continued following the publication of the …read more Source:: Council on Foreign...
Book Review: Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea
Shiraz Maher Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 292 pages, $29.93, Hardcover. ISBN: 978-0190651121) Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea deals with one of the most pertinent and complex questions of our times: the appeal and resilience of Salafi-Jihadi movements despite decades of forced...
Financing social investment for an economy of well-being: Moving from good practices to a paradigm shift
The next EU budget offers a unique opportunity for the EU to create a paradigm shift in the financing of social investment and address current market failures in the social sector through the deployment of financial instruments. …read more Source:: European Policy...
