Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Will the INF Treaty’s demise kick-start a new arms race?
By Frank A. RoseFollowing the U.S. withdrawal from the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, Frank Rose examines the Trump administration’s reasons for exiting the treaty, steps the U.S. should take to avoid escalating an arms race, and the need for any new arms control treaties to be responsive to the changing...
New publication Continuation of political conflicts or a new beginning? Turkish refugees in North Rhine-Westphalia
Since the failed coup attempt by parts of the Turkish military against President Erdogan in summer 2016, the Turkish government has suspended more than 100,000 civil servants on the pretext of having planned a coup. For fear of persecution and arbitrary imprisonment, about 21,000 Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in Germany since then....
New Articles Added to the Research Section
Three research articles authored by IMR’s Senior Advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza have been added to the Research section of the website. They had been previously presented in Tauride Readings, an edited volume published by the Center for the History of Parliamentarianism at the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. …read more Source::...
Afghanistan: Female Prisoners Jailed Far From Home
Lack of facilities in Kunar province means inmates are forced to serve their sentences elsewhere.Standing patiently in line outside the gates of Nangahar jail, 54-year-old Khatona wept as she waited to see her daughter Marina. Khatona – who asked for both her and her child’s names be changed to protect their identities – said...
How Sincere Is the Turkey-Iran Friendship?
Presidents Rouhani, Putin, and Erdogan at summit in Sochi, 2019, photo via Office of the President of RussiaBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,278, September 5, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: If the world press is anything to go by, the Turkey-Iran courtship is getting serious, and Russia is playing best man. The two countries’ strengthening...
Israel’s New Existential Challenge
IDF soldier of the 595th Field Intelligence Battalion stationed at Israel’s northern border, photo by Cpl. Eden Briand, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit via IDF FlickrBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,277, September 4, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The creation of an Iranian military/terrorist axis along Israel’s northern and southern...
Getting to a New Deal: Guidance for the United States, Europe and Iran
Members Event 1 November 2019 – 1:00pm to 2:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Dr Neil Quilliam, Associate …read more Source:: Chatham...
Open Day of the GFFO in Berlin New BICC photo exhibition ”Safety First”
SALW control is of great importance for peace-building. For the peace and conflict research institute BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion), SALW control is a field of activity central to research and the provision of technical and policy advice. BICC works closely with the German Federal Foreign Office, which finances most of the...
What Company Characteristics Are Associated With the Adoption of Social Media?
Abstract In just one decade, social media have moved from being marginal phenomena to having three billion active monthly users globally in 2017. We use a large representative sample to study which company characteristics are associated with the early adoption of social media. Our findings suggest that digital orientation (outside social media),...
U.S.-Qatar Talks Likely to be Crucial to Iran Policy
When Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani goes to the White House on July 9, it will likely be with a sense of triumph. The Qatari leader has survived more than two years of diplomatic and economic isolation by his immediate neighbors, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. And with its giant al-Udeid airbase, Qatar is now central to U.S....
