Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Trump’s foreign policy is looking more traditional than he promised
UO Donald Trump campaigned to be a radical and disruptive president, and not just on the domestic front. His views on America’s role in the world suggested he would drastically re-orient the country’s global economic and political priorities, turning away from the US’s traditional superpower role. Many observers expected his...
UN Court Rejects Key Part of Ukraine’s Case against Moscow
But ICJ orders Russia to stop discriminating against the Tatars in Crimea. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
April 20th, 2017
CHINA Criticism of Beijing’s North Korea Policy Comes From Unlikely Place: China Chris Buckley, THE NEW YORK TIMES When China’s best-known historian of the Korean War, Shen Zhihua, recently laid out his views on North Korea, astonishment rippled through the audience. China, he said with a bluntness that is rare in the country, had...
#NewNormal: From East Ukraine to South Russia
Video | Since 2014, this family has been huddling in a small rented house. But they are happy that they have found a safe place for their children. They had to flee Gorlovka in eastern Ukraine amid heavy shelling. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Russian Journalist Dies after St. Petersburg Attack
Nikolai Andrushchenko, once a city councilor, became a thorn in the side of local politicians. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: A warm room and hot tea at a contentious checkpoint
Article | The line of contact between Lugansk in Ukraine and Stanytsia Luhanska is a vital road of commerce. Red Cross volunteers help visitors who cross the checkpoint by providing health care, medical assistance and food. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
The Kremlin has its watchful eyes set on the French elections
Vladimir Putin, here with French President Francois Hollande, has big plans for Europe. Kremlin Press Office, CC BY-SAThe Ukrainian crisis, from the Maidan protests and the annexation of Crimea to the violent conflict in Donbass, has led to an unprecedented deterioration of relations between Russia and the West. As early as 2014, the West imposed...
The Ukraine Crisis: Why Everyone Loses
The Ukraine conflict has left every major actor involved worse off than it was before, and a resolution seems as elusive as ever. An inclusive dialogue on the regional order could be the first step toward defusing the conflict. …read more Source:...
Russian Journalist, Putin Critic Dies After Severe Beating
A prominent Russian journalist known for articles criticizing Russia’s government and President Vladimir Putin has died at a hospital in St. Petersburg after being severely beaten by unknown assailants …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
UN Court at the Hague orders Russia to stop persecuting Crimean Tatar Mejlis
The International Court of Justice’s decision on April 19 on Ukraine’s suit against Russia contained one failure, but, as one Ukrainian official put it, the score was 3:1 in Ukraine’s favour …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
