Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
For Rex Tillerson in Russia, stakes are high and outlook is dim
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is welcomed by U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft Maxim Shemetov/ReutersDonald Trump entered office in January vowing to improve US relations with Russia. Less than three months into his presidency, however, the prospects for a rapprochement with Putin seem to be as remote as they have been under any of his...
Ramzan Kadyrov: Russia’s Top Diplomat
Security The influence of Ramzan Kadyrov, who has ruled the Republic of Chechnya since 2007, stretches far beyond the Caucasus. Due to the peculiarities of Russia’s political system, Kadyrov’s dictatorship has long had a sizeable impact on Russia’s wider domestic policy. It does not stop there: the Kremlin is increasingly using...
The EU and the Ukraine Crisis
November 7, 2016 │CGI’s new working paper explores how pragmatic economic cooperation between the European Union and Russia could serve as a foundation for solving the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Center on Global...
The EU and the Ukraine Crisis: Italy, Germany, and the Case for Convergence
April 10, 2017 After more than 3 years of conflict and stalemate, no policy approach has led to a permanent cessation of hostilities, let alone political solution, in Ukraine. While the Minsk process has provided a broad framework for negation, specific and actionable steps toward resolution have been in short supply. Building on case studies of...
Start Making Connections for the Opportunities Ukraine is Currently Offering
The land law will help to improve the land market but its influence on the agricultural industry in general is still hard to estimate, says Andriy Dovbenko, Managing Partner at N&D Law Firm. He spoke to Jerry Cameron about the new regulation that the Ukrainian government is working on, as well as the legal framework for making an investment...
Pondering Panama
Image: Jandenouden | CC0 1.0 KleptoCast 11: One year after the Panama Papers, has anything changed in the world of offshoring? Casey Michel talks to Will Fitzgibbon of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Casey-Fitzgibbon-Panama-Papers.mp3 By Casey Michel One year...
Kleptocracy Daily: April 11, 2017
The latest on KI’s website: Belinda Li examines how campaign finance loopholes could be exploited by foreign powers to influence U.S. elections. 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 Hong Kong’s banking...
Sanctions or Relief for Belarus? Washington Waits to Decide
Anti-Lukashenka mood could revive in U.S., EU over his crackdown on dissent, renewed ties with Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Is There A New US Syria Policy? Is There One At All?
What does the US administration want with regards to Syria?The elements were clear just a few days ago. The US would split off the east and set up a Kurdish enclave which it would then occupy with the help of proxy forces. It would use the leverage to push for political regime change in western Syria. Israel would occupy another piece of the...
FTAC: Moscow, Islamic Terrorism –> Reactionary Politics
Old message on this message but perhaps new distillation. The prompt for conversation was a Henry Farrell piece appearing in The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/04/10/hungarys-government-wants-to-shut-down-its-most-prominent-university-that-may-be-backfiring/ — Lines of compatible feudal power: Putin –>...
