Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Watch Author Richard Haass on America’s Foreign Policy Crisis
Richard Haass arrived the Aspen Institute as the bearer of bad news. The chaos that seems to dominate the global arena, he said, is part of a declining trend of “ever-increasing disarray.” Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as a special assistant to President George H. W. Bush and held various posts at...
Kleptocracy Daily: February 24, 2017
News FinCEN found that 1 in 3 buyers who used anonymous companies for cash purchases of luxury property in leading cities had alarms raised about their financial dealings. (Financial Times) Yesterday, the U.S. Treasury extended luxury real estate anti-money laundering rules. (Mansion Global) The number of UK visas granted to wealthy investors has...
Is new US National Security Advisor McMaster good or bad for Moscow?
Is new US National Security Advisor McMaster good or bad for Moscow?Debates: With Flynn being seen in the U.S. as a lobbyist of Russia’s interests and an advocate of lifting the anti-Kremlin sanctions, McMaster has an image of a pragmatic realist who has no illusions about Russia. What does it mean for the Kremlin? Debates: With Flynn being...
Sleepwalking Into a Nuclear Arms Race with Russia
The Nuclear Question is becoming increasingly obfuscated by spin and lobbying as the West sleepwalks into Cold War II — a walk made all the more dangerous when the loose lips of the US tweeter-in-chief announced that another nuclear arms race is a great idea (see link, link,link). Two Cold War II issues are central and almost never addressed:...
Is Russia a threat?
Steven Pifer, senior fellow and director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, examines the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in terms of nuclear policy, arms control, and the conflict with Ukraine. Also in this episode, Molly Reynolds, fellow in Governance Studies, discusses in a new “What’s Happening in Congress”...
Belarusian Nuke Plant Could Face Baltic Blockade
Lithuania seeks allies for plan to stop electricity generated by plant from entering European power market. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian Famine Film Harvests Poor Reviews
Good marks for effort, poor to terrible ones for dialogue and drama. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump skeptics among Trump fans
Russia / World The Russian media space has been inundated with news about Donald Trump’s every move over recent months. The newly elected American president is perceived by the pro-Kremlin media as an overtly positive choice from the point of view of Russia. Commentators, “experts” and hosts of pro-Kremlin TV channels have been incessantly...
A Pax Russica in the Middle East? Putin will have to do more to make it stick
Can Russia succeed where the West has failed, stabilising the Middle East and North Africa through some kind of Pax Russica? The question might have sounded strange not so long ago, but in less than two years, a mix of decisive action, unwavering and often ruthless use of military power, and bold political-diplomatic manoeuvring have given Moscow...
Russia wrote the book on fake news
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just announced plans to launch a website dedicated to tackling fake news. It’s a noble objective but also a little ironic given Russia’s flagrant display this week of “hybrid warfare” – straightforward propaganda, that is, backed up with black ops and subterfuge. As an optimist on Russia, it...
