Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
European Court of Human Rights intervenes over Russia’s abduction of 19-year-old Ukrainian
The European Court of Human Rights has given Russia until September 25 to provide medical documents for Pavlo Hryb [or Gryb], the young Ukrainian whom Russia is believed to have forcibly taken from Belarus and imprisoned …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
FTAC: 9/11 – Sixteen Years of Accelerating, Expanding Conflict Between Archaic Worlds and the Modern One
The medieval worldview and its marriage to financial and political power may be archaic in the modern world. Faith in God and religion may be good things, but as demonstrated by the Islamists, by the Saudi Royals and their spreading of Wahhabi madrasas, and by related clerical wealth dependent on subscription plus political repression, too much...
Watch List Findings: Sept. 9, 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...
‘How Can I Not Go Into the Forest?’
Poaching in the Chernobyl zone continues, and it’s not hard to see why. From Euroradio. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
An Ever-Present Past
Four generations of Moldovan teachers talk about the lessons of Soviet-era deportations to Siberia. From Ziarul de Garda. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldovan President and Gvt. at Odds Over NATO Games
Dodon has asked for penalties for army staff responsible for the decision and bans participation of country’s troops in military operations abroad without his consent. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Sources Likely Invested $100,000 in Divisive Facebook Campaign
While not specifically referencing the U.S. elections, ads posted over two years added fuel to the fire on contentious topics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Shirtless Putin and the Future of Russia
Should we read anything into the latest macho poses of the president? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Syria’s Shattered Future
Editor’s Note: This Deep Dive was adapted from a piece originally produced for the Valdai Discussion Club, an institute devoted to analyzing Russia’s place in the world. The full version can be accessed here. Summary It’s useful to look at the past to predict the future. Little that happens in the world is truly new, and lessons...
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