Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Churkin’s promise: why the solution to the MH17 case may lie with a forgotten legal precedent from 1905
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, has died of a heart attack. Churkin was famous for clashing with his US counterpart Samantha Power over Russia’s bombing of Aleppo, and when Russia vetoed a a United Nations Security Council resolution to establish a war crimes tribunal to investigate the downing of flight...
The Dismantling of Alliances
One year after the victory of the Law and Justice (PiS) party in the parliamentary elections, Poland is facing a multitude of problems many of which stem from the incoherent foreign policy of the ruling party. Whether it be attempting to forge stronger ties with neighbours in the region or trying to assert its “growing” power in Europe, the...
EU and Russia at loggerheads over Ukraine separatist passports
Russia said yesterday (20 February) that President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognise passports issued by separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine complied with international law, after the move drew criticism from France, Germany and the European Union. …read more Source:...
Is Cyber Terrorism a Threat?
Recent cyberattacks and hacks in America and Ukraine have exposed the vulnerability of some of the world’s most sophisticated cyber-security networks. But what do we know about cyber-terrorism, and how real is the threat to Australia? The public imagination has been captured by the idea of terrorists potentially causing a massive loss of...
New Laws in Ukraine Obstruct Prosecution for Crimes against Maidan Activists
Laws passed since Maidan are actively blocking the chances of holding those guilty of crimes against Maidan activists to answer. Most worryingly, the law on trial in absentia, essentially tailored around former President Viktor Yanukovych could result in European Court of Human Rights judgements against Ukraine. …read more Source: Kharkiv...
Ukraine’s Security Service and Human Rights
At present the Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] is at the same time a security service and a law enforcement body. Nowhere in the civilized world do security services carry out law enforcement activities. Their purpose is to gather information within the framework of competence defined by law. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Russia’s UN envoy, Munich and Putin’s decree on Donbas passports
Russia’s UN envoy, Munich and Putin’s decree on Donbas passportsRussian media roundup: The death of Russia’s UN ambassador, the Munich International Security Conference and President Vladimir Putin’s decree on the acceptance of Donbas passports made headlinesRussian media roundup: The death of Russia’s UN ambassador,...
Russia and US offer very different views of the world in Munich
Russia and US offer very different views of the world in Munich Debates: Russia Direct interviewed prominent experts to figure out how they assess the results of the 2017 Munich International Security ConferenceDebates: Russia Direct interviewed prominent experts to figure out how they assess the results of the 2017 Munich International Security...
30 years since the death of General Petro Grigorenko
It is 30 years since the death of world-renowned human rights defender and vital voice in support of the Crimean Tatars. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
The Flynn Affair
TRANSCRIPT: JS – Hello everyone I am Jacob Shapiro, and I am the Director of Analysis for Geopolitical Futures. This is our first podcast, we are hoping to do one each week with one of our analysts, and to start us off, we are joined by George Friedman, who is our chairman, and founder. Thank you for joining us George. GF – Always a pleasure. JS...
