Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Moment in Syria
By Jacob L. Shapiro The day was May 1, 2003. Spring was giving way to summer in San Diego, California, in whose waters sat the USS Abraham Lincoln en route to its home port in Washington state. The carrier had just returned from the Persian Gulf, where it had been deployed to support U.S. combat operations in Iraq. Less than two months after...
In Memory: Arseny Roginsky
Arseny Roginsky, Soviet political prisoner & Chairman of the International Memorial Society has died at the age of 71 after a life spent in “the struggle for historical truth and human rights”. His colleagues write that it would be hard to imagine Memorial over the nearly 30 years of its existence without Arseny Borisovich, and inconceivable...
Russia confirms ban on independent journalists & freedom of speech in occupied Crimea
The High Court in Russian-occupied Crimea has upheld the two and a half year suspended sentence passed on 67-year-old Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena for expressing the position of the UN, EU, Council of Europe and international community regarding Russia’s occupation of Crimea. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Watch List Findings: Dec. 16, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
Crimean Tatar political prisoner Bekir Degermendzhy is dangerously ill
After causing the death of 83-year-old veteran Crimean Tatar activist Vedzhie Kashka, Russia is endangering the life of 57-year-old Bekir Degermendzhy, arrested as part of a particularly cynical FSB attempt to discredit the Crimean Tatar Mejlis. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Agriculture in Ukraine: Economic and Political Frameworks
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
Deciphering Russia’s Cyber Attacks and Information Warfare Against Ukraine
Invitation Only Research Event 12 Jan 2018 – 14:00 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, …read more Source: Chatham...
Newsbrief Vol. 37, No. 5
Concise briefings on contemporary issues and trends in international securityNo: 5Volume: 37Newsbrief …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
The Missing Matryoshka
Russian disinformation campaign covers up the real process of re-Stalinisation of Russia’s official narrative regarding the roots of the war – keynote address of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marek Magierowski delivered at the Visegrad Insight & NATO Myth and Reality conference on 7 December 2017 In recent years, the transatlantic...
Will 2018 bring renewed attention to Eastern Ukraine?
The past year has been one of chaos and upheaval. At the outset of 2017, the Islamic State still controlled huge swaths of Iraq and Syria and aimed to make new land claims world-wide; now, it has virtually no territory to speak of. At the beginning of the year, the threat from North Korea felt dormant; now, Pyongyang is flexing its muscles with...
