Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Tanks of Buhaivka: A training facility in Eastern Ukraine
On March 16, 2017, popular Ukrainian Twitter user @GirkinGirkin published a tweet sharing imagery of armored vehicles, including tanks. The user claims that the photographs were uploaded on the same day near Buhaivka, Luhansk oblast, thus in an area currently not under the control of the Ukrainian government. After analyzing new satellite imagery...
Kleptocracy Weekly: March 17, 2017
This week on KI.org: Marius Laurinavičius discussed how Europe can help defend U.S. democracy, and why we should remain engaged in Europe.U.S. Former Trump administration pick, who bowed out following a plagiarism scandal, registered as a foreign agent for Ukrainian billionaire oligarch Victor Pinchuk. (The Hill) Members of the Committee on...
The democratic Russia we lost
The democratic Russia we lostIt would be erroneous to think that appetite for democracy in Russia will inevitably come in the course of time – it will come only if its citizens feel that their voices do matter. This is the lesson modern Russia should learn from the historic phenomenon of democracies in medieval Novgorod and PskovIt would be...
Kleptocracy Daily: March 17, 2017
News A U.S. congressman introduced legislation to strengthen safeguards against foreign bribery. (FACT Coalition) South Korean officials face allegations that they “systematically” destroyed evidence in the presidential corruption scandal after it was revealed that the presidential office recently bought a total of 26 paper shredders. (The Korea...
Cries From Syria
The world watched, and watched, and watched. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarus Reloaded
It has been almost a month since public demonstrations began in Belarus. In an unusual scene for the country, a dozen participating towns have hosted thousands of protestors. Belarusians largely perceive themselves as tolerant and passive. However, the wave of public upheavals currently rolling across the country has dispelled that stereotype and...
Ukraine Legalizes Blockade on Rebels, Sanctions Russian Banks
France says blockade will heighten tensions, following a series of provocative moves by rebels and Moscow. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
March 17th, 2017
CHINA China Pushes Legal Overhaul That Would Bolster State Power Javier C. Hernández and Owen Guo, THE NEW YORK TIMES For six decades, Chinese leaders have tried to put in place a sweeping civil code to explain the law on some of China’s most contentious issues, including property rights, migrant workers, defamation and divorce. And for six...
Cut Loose in Europe
Thousands of Moldovans could find themselves stranded after losing Romanian citizenship in a bureaucratic snafu. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
FTAC: Worlds Closer Together
Inspiration for the response came from the “blame America first” community intent on demonizing the same for past horrors, and in this instance the horror was the “Halabja chemical attack” ordered by Saddam Hussein against the Kurdish community at the end of the Iran-Iraq War. In the second part, an accusing and conspiratorial view of the United...