Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Kleptocracy Daily: April 18, 2017
Tomorrow: KI will host Oleksander Danyliuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, for a discussion with Walter Russell Mead at Hudson Institute. Sign up or watch live. News An Oregon legislative committee has passed a sweeping piece of legislation designed to rein in abusive, anonymous companies. (Portland Business Journal) The impoverished Democratic...
Struggling to Signal: Trump’s Dilemma with Arms Control Diplomacy: 18th April 2017
Maxwell Downman, Research Intern Capitol Washington Dispatches.jpeg Some believe the world is a safer place with Trump in the White House. In a recent RUSI brief, Dr Peter Roberts offered the view that Trump’s unpredictability, shown most recently by his Tomahawk cruise missile attack on Syria’s air base, ‘might cause many states to...
Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France Discuss Ukraine Peace Deal
April 18, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Reshaping NAFTA could be good for Mexico’s economy (and Brazil’s and Argentina’s, too)
Among other threats targeting Mexico during his election campaign, US President Donald Trump harshly criticised the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a 23-year-old tripartite deal that removed tariffs and significantly increased commerce between Canada, the United States and Mexico. Renegotiation of the deal is likely to start late...
Call for participation: Training for Young Journalists on Reporting on the EU-related issues
The Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy, Budapest-based think tank, together with the Institute of World Policy is organizing a training program for young Ukrainian journalists to deepen their understanding on the EU-related issues and procedures. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Caught Unaware and Unprepared
In 2013, Russian General Valery Gerasimov – currently the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia and the first Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation – published an article describing Russian military thinking and strategies. Known famously as the “Gerasimov’s Doctrine”, it defined information warfare as the...
