Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Military Adaptation of the Alliance
By Karl-Heinz Kamp and Wolf Langheld.“Through the longer term Adaptation Measures of the Readiness Action Plan, we have…Enhanced the NATO Response Force (NRF), increasing its readiness and substantially enlarging its size, making it a more capable and exible joint force comprised of a division-size land element with air, maritime, and...
Putin The Omnipresent?
Politics Vladimir Putin is getting a lot of coverage in news outlets across the world. In America, much of it is critical. He is accused of meddling in elections there last November. In Europe, a similar story, this one anticipatory: officials in Germany and France are worried their own national elections will be determined by hackers and...
NATO Defense College publishes paper by Donald N. Jensen
“Moscow in the Donbas: Command, Control, Crime and the Minsk Peace Process” …read more Source: Center for European Policy...
The Case for a European Nuke
Doug Bandow Europe is feeling a bit abandoned these days. Used to regular reassurances from Washington on its commitment to transatlantic security, European leaders are now shifting their defense strategies in response to mixed signals from President Donald Trump on the United States’ role in NATO. Even Secretary of Defense James Mattis has...
March 30th, 2017
CHINA Hundreds of Chinese Army Veterans Visit Graves of Fallen in ProtestRADIO FREE ASIA Several hundred former soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from the southeastern province of Fujian have made a trip to the graves of those who died fighting during China’s short border war with Vietnam in 1979. Local...
Congress Must Investigate Trump’s Ties to Russia
We need a thorough congressional investigation into President Donald Trump’s Russia ties and we need it now. The explosive disclosure that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, is conducting a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to the Kremlin further demonstrated the critical role Congress can play...
Donbas: A Ticking Toxic Time Bomb
Open-source tracking and monitoring of environmental health risks of targeting industrial sites Additional research and map making by Foeke Postma @FoekePostma As the fighting between the Ukrainian army and Russia-backed forces re-ignited at the end of January 2017, various news reports highlighted the shelling of industrial sites. Calls by the...
Corruption Is Normal, Russian Students Told
A dozen people from Alexei Navalny’s opposition group remain in jail after massive anti-government protests. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia to Step Up Arctic Development
While Putin talks energy projects and security in the far north, Deputy PM Rogozin promises to protect its fragile environment. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The French elections, seen from Ukraine
Ahead of France’s presidential election, Ukraine’s experience shows that opinion polls may be skewed by underlying hatred of the ruling classes and institutions. Vadym Omelchenko warns that ultra-conservatism stands to gain in the end. …read more Source:...
