Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Accidental Formation of Russia’s War Coalition
The Ukraine war that broke out in 2014 became possible due to the governmentalizing of the Russian economy during the 2008 crisis. But these actions didn’t anticipate war. The manual control of the Russian economy formed to fight the crisis became an important component in fighting sanctions, and even in equipping the Donbas. But it was...
China’s Perspective on Its Strategic Partnership with Russia
China has used the deterioration of Russia’s relations with the EU and U.S. to strengthen its position within a strategic partnership with the Russian Federation. The PRC’s goals are to counterbalance the U.S., secure its own economic interests in the post-Soviet area, increase border security and obtain Russian support for Chinese...
BRICS inching towards complementarity
The annual BRICS Summit—to be held in September this year–is usually prefaced by numerous conferences that the host country organises at various official and unofficial levels, including those among the think tanks of the five countries, to refine some of the key issues feeding into the agenda that it prepares for discussion at the flagship...
Central Europe: A great start that was wasted
The economic transformation in Central Europe has ended. Politicians that base their economic policy on avoiding the middle income trap failed to realize that the V4 countries have not been middle income countries for couple of years now. However, expecting politicians to be up-to-date with facts is apparently not realistic. Yet the success is...
Donbas militants reported to be using torture to get ‘confession’ from seized journalist
The Kremlin-backed militants who have seized Stanyslav Aseyev (Vasin) are believed to be using torture to extract a ‘confession’ from the 27-year-old freelance journalist, and to be putting severe pressure on his mother. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Donald N. Jensen in Deutsche Welle
CEPA’s Donald N. Jensen speaks with Deutsche Welle ahead of Ukrainian President Petro Porosehnko’s visit to Washington. …read more Source: Center for European Policy...
Kleptocracy Daily: June 21, 2017
The latest on KI’s blog: Natalie Duffy discusses how the Armed Services Committee has a revolving door all its own. News A bill to expand sanctions against Moscow and wrest greater control over Russia policy from the White House has hit a snag in the House of Representatives after passing in the Senate last week. The U.S. Treasury...
Here’s How to Fight Back Against Russian Political Warfare
Three-and-a-half years ago, Russia illegally annexed Crimea and launched its campaign to destabilize eastern Ukraine. Russian aggression prompted the biggest increase in NATO’s collective defense capabilities since the Cold War—including the historic deployment in June of four multinational battlegroups in the three Baltic States and...
Poroshenko Stresses Positives from Trump Meeting
U.S. announces new sanctions on Russians and Ukrainians over violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Washington and Moscow: Confrontation or Cooperation?
Executive Summary: Behind the ongoing media frenzy, America seems deeply divided over whether to pursue a hard line with Russia or to cooperate with it. With Donald Trump favoring the latter course, Moscow “voted” for him in the 2016 elections. But the Kremlin’s cybernetic interference in the election has led to ongoing Russo-gate and...
