Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia wages major offensive against Crimean Tatar civic activists in occupied Crimea
One Crimean Tatar activist has been jailed for a legal solitary picket last month, another fined and several subjected to armed searches and interrogation in a new offensive against the civic initiative Crimean Solidarity and all those trying to publicize rights abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
U.S. & NATO Need An Arctic Strategy To Counter Russia (From RealClearDefense)
Ever since Russia seized control of Crimea in late February 2014, the U.S.’ and NATO’s attention has been on the threats posed by Russian forces to the territorial integrity of the Alliance. For years, experts on Russia’s foreign and security [Read More…]The post U.S. & NATO Need An Arctic Strategy To Counter Russia...
The Creation of ‘Russia-Gate’
The two sources that originated the allegations claiming that Russia meddled in the 2016 election — without providing convincing evidence — were both paid for by the Democratic National Committee, and in one instance also by the Clinton campaign: the Steele dossier and the CrowdStrike analysis of the DNC servers. Think about that for a minute. We...
The Future Germany Envisions
By Antonia Colibasanu Since the 2008 financial crisis, Germany has been the de facto leader of the European Union. It has been a voice of calm, urging unity and coordination through the ensuing turbulence, from the financial troubles of Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain to the political troubles in the wake of last year’s Brexit vote....
Fresh Sanctions Take Aim at Russia’s Defense Industry
Security At the end of October, United States Department of State produced a list of 33 Russian companies from the country’s defence industry. As of January next year, these companies will be banned from making major transactions with western companies. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions...
Watch List: Nov. 8, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and the EU’s response
Written by Naja Bentzen, © ommbeu / Fotolia The impact of the online spread of mis- and disinformation – including false news posing as factual stories – became increasingly visible in the context of the crisis in Ukraine, and gained notoriety as a global phenomenon during the 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States. Ahead of the...
Fresh sanctions against the Russian defense industry
Security Since late January 2018, major transactions (as assessed by the US State Dept.) have been banned with respect to 33 Russian defense industry companies which appear on a list published by the United States Department of State in late October 2017. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act...
Fresh sanctions against the Russian defense industry
Security Since late January 2018, major transactions (as assessed by the US State Dept.) have been banned with respect to 33 Russian defense industry companies which appear on a list published by the United States Department of State in late October 2017. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act...
Russia uses isolation, threats & closed trial to hide the one ’state secret’ of its Crimea sabotage plot
The trial of at least one of the Sevastopol Ukrainians whom Russia has accused of a ‘sabotage plot’ could be held behind closed doors. The excuse given is that the case allegedly involves material containing state secrets. Scepticism is inevitable given the heavy pressure placed on the men to reject independent lawyers and admit...
