Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Don’t Blame Tillerson for Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy
Christopher A. Preble In his less than ten weeks on the job as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has found himself subjected to almost daily criticism. Vladimir Putin initially refusing to meet with him. In the end, the two men did meet, but made little headway. During a meeting with European foreign ministers, he wondered aloud, “Why should U.S....
Don’t Start a New Cold War over Syria
Ted Galen Carpenter Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow this week for his previously scheduled official visit with Russian officials. His journey came at a time when the chill in bilateral relations is especially acute following the U.S. missile strikes on Syria in response to the Assad government’s alleged use of chemical...
Kleptocracy Daily: April 13, 2017
KI’s Natalie Duffy on why the recent spate of retroactive foreign lobbying filings undermines any transparency the legislation hopes to achieve. KI will host Oleksander Danyliuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, for a discussion with Walter Russell Mead at Hudson Institute on April 19. Sign up or watch live. News The day Manafort stepped...
Stalin and the Soviet Koreans
Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that there is a Korean diaspora in the former Soviet nations of Central Asia. The origin of this surprising fact lies in the inhuman deportation policies of Joseph Stalin. And as unusual as the topic of Koreans in Russia and the Soviet Union may sound to unaccustomed ears, the story reveals a lot...
Suspected Russian Spam King Arrested in Spain
The FBI is dismantling what it called a massive illegal operation that enslaved thousands of computers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A Day Late and a Filing Short
AP News revealed on Tuesday that a Washington lobbying outfit, the Podesta group, retroactively submitted a filing to the Department of Justice for work performed from 2012-2014 for a Brussels-based nonprofit with alleged links to the Ukrainian government, headed at the time by the now-deposed Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Russian political...
Four Good Reasons to Care About Ukraine
It is important that President Vladimir Putin not conclude that continued use of force is a viable path to make Russia great again, writes CFR’s Richard N. Haass. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
The stable crisis. Ukraine’s economy three years after the Euromaidan
The economic statistics for 2016 indicate that Ukraine has managed to overcome the toughest phase of the economic crisis. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Russia, Belarus and a Catch-22
By Antonia Colibasanu Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow will “do its best” to prevent any destabilization that could cause a color revolution in Russia and its buffer zone in Eastern Europe. Putin’s remarks come after the media reported that Russian nationals were arrested in Belarus for taking part in...
Prosperity in the Visegrad Region: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By any metric, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland have witnessed extraordinary progress since the fall of their communist regimes at the end of the 1980s. Real per-capita income in Poland, for example, has almost tripled since 1991. Life expectancy in the Czech Republic has gone up by seven years, from 71 years in 1990 to 78 years...
