Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Reflexive Control Process: “Allahu Akbar Terrorism” -> New Nationalism –> Neo-Feudalism
The prize of science: prediction with increasing certainty AKA “predictive validity”. Why should models in the social sciences, much including political science, differ from those proven useful in biology or physics? And what if apparent terrorism — the act as defined by the most immediate actor — were to mask another design altogether? When the...
Three Questions with Dr. Agnieszka Łada
Editor’s Note: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in Warsaw hosted a discussion with Dr. Agnieszka Łada, head of the European Program and senior analyst at the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw on Tuesday, February 28. Dr. Łada provided her perspective on the future of EU integration at the event and discussed...
Why Should U.S. Taxpayers Fund a Pushback Against Russia in Europe?
Image: Latvijas Armija | CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A recent Senate hearing explored the role of U.S. allies bordering Russia – and how they help defend American democracy. By Marius Laurinavičius Donald Trump’s administration has proposed “fairly dramatic reductions” in the U.S. foreign aid budget, but an influential subcommittee of the U.S. Senate...
Fighting Corruption in Health Care? There’s an App for That
Teams of coders and journalists from Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan recently took part in a hackathon to address abuses in government procurement of medicines. …read more Source: Open Society...
U.S. House Authorizes $150 Million for Lethal Weapons for Ukraine in 2017
March 10, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Will Russia and the US compete in Cuba?
Will Russia and the US compete in Cuba?Just as the United States has been exerting its influence with Russia’s neighbors in the East, Russia has been following China’s lead into the Americas by fostering partnerships with Latin American countries and prompting preventive diplomatic actions by the United StatesJust as the United States...
Kleptocracy Weekly: March 10, 2017
U.S. The U.S. Treasury Department announced a $100 million settlement with Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation for breaching Iran sanctions. Trump should reconsider his stance on the mining transparency law, which has eliminated a critical anti-corruption rule that improved transparency in the opaque natural resources sector. (FT)...
Water Filtration Plants and Risks of a Chlorine Mass-Casualty Event in Donetsk
Over the last two months, increased shelling in and around industrial sites north of Donetsk in the Ukraine have, apart from the direct civilian casualties costs, posed huge public health and environmental risks. Apart from the wider environmental impacts caused by targeting industrial sites, on several occasions, Russia-backed forces have hit...
Western Sanctions: Helping the Russian Leadership Ride Out Recession
10 March 2017Recently, talk of an end to sanctions has been linked with Donald Trump, but some crucial European advocates of continuing them are about to face elections. So who would actually benefit most from relaxing the sanctions regime? Professor Philip Hanson OBE Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Measuring caviar at Russian Sea...
No Parasites in Their Ranks
Lukashenka suspends “parasite law,” but orders civil servants to make sure all of their relatives have a job. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
