Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia and Iran growing cooperation
In this commentary for PONARS Eurasia, IISS Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia Samuel Charap analyses the changes in Ukrainian society since the 2014 crisis. …read more Source: International Institute for Strategic...
Special Treatment
The use of punitive psychiatry against political opponents appears to be on the upswing in post-Soviet states. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Real Deal?
A political party in Moldova says its network of stores offers lower-priced food to those in need, while some wonder if it’s just a way to recruit potential voters. From Ziarul de Garda. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Blames Presidential Website Cyberattack on Russia
The move might have come in retaliation for Kyiv’s banning of popular Russian social networks and internet businesses. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
World-Known Economist John Taylor In NaUKMA
Image credit: Osadchyi, ShutterstockIn the Newsfeaturing John B. Taylorvia National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyOn May 18 Kyiv Mohyla Academy has a pleasure to meet an honorable guest lecture John Taylor, Professor at Stanford University, author of the well-known “Taylor rule”, which is used by most central banks of developed and...
The Special Counsel Comes to Town: It’s the Moscow Trials, Revisited
Donald Trump ran on a platform of improving relations with Russia: his victory was a mandate for that policy. Yet the real power in this country doesn’t reside within the ballot box, and that reality was brought home when the Justice Department appointed a “special counsel” to investigate “any links and/or coordination with the Russian...
The Nixonization of Donald Trump
(Photo: Mike Maguire / Flickr) The comparisons are multiplying. There was Trump’s appeal to the “silent majority” during the presidential election, his later adoption of the “mad man” theory in his foreign policy, his possible taping of conversations, his arm-twisting of top officials, and his all-around involvement in the scandals...
Kleptocracy Weekly: 5/15-5/19
The latest on KI.org: Global illicit financial flows – and how to stop them. U.S. A look at the FCPA after 40 years. Michael Flynn and other advisers to Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last 7 months of the 2016 presidential race. The FBI warned a...
While the Deep State ‘Death Star’ Seeks to Finish Off Trump, ‘Mr. Massacre’ Returns Pushing for Greater Albania
Amb. William Walker, instigator of US attack on YugoslaviaThe fake news is flying thick and fast in Washington this week. On the heels of Donald Trump’s Oval Office visit with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other American and Russian officials, it finally seemed the fledgling US administration was turning the corner and...
A Weakening State in Azerbaijan
By Antonia Colibasanu Located on the western edge of the Caspian Sea, with Russia to its north and Iran to its south, Azerbaijan is a geopolitically strategic country. It is also a country facing serious economic problems, and if these problems trigger instability and weaken the government’s control, Azerbaijan will become vulnerable to...
