Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Zelenskiy: Anatomy of a success
The political situation in Ukraine since the ‘revolution of dignity’ and the Russian aggression has created a specific social context in which the public’s perception of the traditional politicians has started to deteriorate dramatically. The revolution awakened high public expectations of comprehensive reforms to the state, a new...
US Sen. Chris Murphy Warns Allies to Be Vigilant About the ‘Quiet Things’ Russia is Doing
Says Russia funding ‘fight clubs and biker clubs’ in the Baltic States to exploit domestic instability US Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on April 3 warned NATO allies to be “constantly vigilant about the very quiet things that the Russians are doing that could ultimately lead to a traditional military confrontation.” Pointing to Russian support...
China’s PLA Troops in Venezuela is Game Changer
(Chinese PLA personnel pose with members of Venezuela’s National Bolivarian Armed Forces, March 29, 2019)The reported arrival of Chinese military personnel in Venezuela last weekend is undoubtedly a major event in world politics. Unlike Russia, which has a history of force projection abroad, this is an extremely rare Chinese move. Although...
Victoria Nuland
By Rachel SlatteryAmbassador Victoria Nuland is senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm based in Washington, D.C. She is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, distinguished practitioner in grand strategy at Yale University, and a member of the board of...
Elections in Ukraine and Slovakia Offer a Glimpse into Russia’s Future
Will Russia equally fall for a political outsider? Only time will tell. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Future of NATO: New Challenges and Opportunities
Editor’s Note: On April 2, Dr. Evelyn Farkas, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, delivered testimony in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the future challenges and opportunities for NATO ahead of the alliance’s 70th anniversary. Chairman Keating, Ranking Member...
NATO At 70: A Strategic Partnership For The 21st Century
Editor’s Note: On April 2, Dr. Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, delivered testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the value of NATO ahead of the alliance’s 70th anniversary. Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Menendez, and other members of the committee: Thank you...
Is Washington Preparing the Groundwork for a Maidan Scenario in Venezuela?
Venezuela is home to the largest oil deposits in the world, which makes the political stakes involved much higher than they would be otherwise. Enter Juan Guaidó, Washington’s puppet leader in Caracas, who will be attempting to rally the country against legitimate (i.e., democratically elected by the people) President Nicolas Maduro next...
NATO Is Not Dying. It’s a Zombie.
How do you know when a person is positively dead? Well, check for a pulse. Walter Russell Mead checked the pulse of the Atlantic Alliance in a recent op-ed and concluded that NATO is dying. But Mead is wrong. NATO is simply a zombie periodically reanimated through various methods, usually voodoo magic. Yet, reanimation has its limits. Even...
After Crimea: Does NATO have the means to defend Europe?
Military spending may now figure in public conversation about NATO. But the alliance, at 70 years old, still lacks military capabilities strong enough to protect Europe from Russia …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
