Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Verbal strategies from Kosovo to Crimea. Part Two
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 has become a turning point for the Kremlin’s relationship with the West. While inside Russia the event is largely viewed as a “restoration of historical justice,” in the West it is perceived as a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and essentially as the first...
Assessing the Impact of Sanctions on the Russian Defence Sector
Corporate Members Nominees Breakfast Briefing Partners and Major Corporates 23 May 2018 – 08:00 to 09:15Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London …read more Source: Chatham...
Ukraine four years after the Maidan
By Steven PiferIn late February 2014, following three months of demonstrations on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), then-President Victor Yanukovych fled the Ukrainian capital on a tortuous path that ultimately took him to Russia. On February 22, 2014, Ukraine’s parliament appointed an acting president and acting...
Compete and Cooperate to Make U.S. National Security Strategies Great Again
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. government. This article is written in response to History Begins (Again) for the Pentagon by John R. Deni, R. Evan Ellis, Nathan P. Freier, and Sumit Ganguly published on February 22, 2018. Colleagues at the U.S. Army War...
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Resurgent Russia [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © 3dmitry / Fotolia Russia is increasingly assertive in foreign and security policy, posing a challenge to the post-Cold War, rules-based international order. Following the annexation of Crimea, conflict with Ukraine and intervention in Syria, Russia stands accused of seeking to influence electoral outcomes in the...
Focusing on a Positive Future for U.S.–Turkey Relations
Photo Credit: FreshStock / Shutterstock The highly contentious relationship that has evolved between Turkey and the United States over their different approaches to the situation in Syria has led to serious questions as to whether the partnership can survive. While the points of disagreement between Turkey and the United States are real and...
Scottish Limited Partnerships – Scottish In Name Only
In June 2017, Bellingcat and Transparency International published a joint report entitled “Offshore in the UK” regarding Scottish Limited Partnerships (“SLPs”), their potential for misuse as a home-grown secrecy vehicle and their links to money laundering and corrupt wealth. On 26 June 2017 the Government enacted new regulations – requiring SLPs...
The Myth of Russian Weakness
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Image source: kremlin.ru)BESA Perspectives, No. 757, March 2, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Western-centric expectations of Russian collapse in the face of its recent foreign policy and domestic setbacks fail to consider the Russian mindset, political culture, and “rules of the game,” thus grossly underestimating the...
Ukraine’s Corruption Battle: Is the Justice System Fit for Purpose?
Invitation Only Research Event 15 Mar 2018 – 14:00 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, …read more Source: Chatham...
Statement on the status of the Kennan Institute’s Ukraine office by Director, President and CEO of the Wilson Center Jane Harman
PRESS RELEASEContact: Ryan McKennaPhone: (202) [email protected] Over the past week, a debate has unfolded regarding a personnel matter involving The Kennan Institute’s Ukraine satellite office. Kennan is The Wilson Center’s oldest geographic program and has been home to more than 1400 scholars over 40 years....
