Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Five reasons why supporting Ukraine is in the USA’s interests
The Institute of World Policy summarized five main reasons why supporting Ukraine is in the interests of the United States. …read more Source: Institute of World...
What does Russia want from Donald Trump?
There are several explanations for why relations between Russia and the United States having been in decline since 2010, from Russia’s increasingly aggressive postures (especially regarding Ukraine) to US support of regime-changing revolutions (especially during the Arab Spring). The fact is, we are quite far today from the the “reset...
Mustafa Dzhemiliev calls on Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullayev to end hunger strike
You cannot stir the conscience of those who have none. Primarily for that reason, Mustafa Dzhemiliev, veteran Crimean Tatar leader and former political prisoner, has called on Ruslan Zeytullayev to end his hunger strike. The Crimean Tatar political prisoner has been without food now for 15 days, and after over 2 years of imprisonment in appalling...
Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline from Obama to Trump and Beyond
“Financial Times” chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman says, “We’ve reached the point where the West’s grip on world affairs begins to loosen.” China’s economic rise is, indeed, a big reason for this shift, but how do Brexit, Crimea, and “red lines” fit into the story? What will be...
Putin Woos the American Fringe
Russia / World For the past few months, much of the media coverage threading Moscow’s influence among American polities has focused on the Kremlin’s relationship with those close to U.S. President Donald Trump. This, of course, is understandable, in so far as investigators are continuing to unwind the links between Trump’s...
Russia is an Asian Power Too: Japan Understands, But Does the United States?
Washington’s two recent big summits occurred as if they were in two different worlds. First, President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, where the two leaders’ conversation focused on trade and North Korea. Then, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Moscow, where he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Dissecting a Case of Baltic Fake News
A Re:Baltica investigation has traced the latest propaganda mouthpiece to colorful, Kremlin-funded characters. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Joins the Climate Change Deniers
Were his comments just off-the-cuff remarks, or a reflection of a deeper policy change? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
NATO’s Real Alliance Dilemma
Ted Galen Carpenter NATO’s European members, especially the newest members in eastern Europe, incessantly fret about the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia poses to their countries and the continent. Their worries were noticeable even before the eruption of the Ukraine crisis in 2013 and 2014. Moscow’s 2008 military...
French election: where the candidates stand on foreign policy
The first round of the French presidential elections will take place on April 23. Foreign policy has traditionally played a central role during presidential campaigns, but this has not been the case this time around. This can partly be explained by the unusually high number of candidates (11 in total), the fact that what matters to the French...
