Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Donbas militant leader blocks hostage exchange in “we’re all Russians” interview on Russian TV
Just days after the Kremlin-backed militants’ oldest hostage – Ihor Kozlovsky – spent his second – 63rd – birthday in captivity, militant leader Alexander Zakharchenko has put forward new restrictions on hostage exchange, as well as other direct infringements of the Minsk Agreement …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
You Should Know What Happened on February 23
February 23 marks the 73rd anniversary of the Deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples from their homeland …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Cybersecurity of the power grid: A growing challenge
Called the “largest interconnected machine,” the U.S. electricity grid is a complex digital and physical system crucial to life and commerce in this country. Today, it is made up of more than 7,000 power plants, 55,000 substations, 160,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and millions of miles of low-voltage distribution lines. This web...
Also in Media – “The Nuclear Fallout of Trump’s Possible Détente with Putin” – Harvard International Review – February 16, 2017
In 1994, Ukraine joined the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state, a decision that entailed relinquishing world’s third largest nuclear arsenal. This constructive move came at a price: the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom pledged to Ukraine security assurances in a Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed in Budapest on December...
Strengthening Ukraine’s Resilience: What Role for National and International Actors?
Invitation OnlyResearch EventStrengthening Ukraine’s Resilience: What Role for National and International Actors?3 Mar 2017 – 10:30 to 12:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, LondonRussia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsArseniy Yatsenyuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-16)Download...
Ukrainian Right-Wing Groups Stage Anti-Government Rally in Kiev
February 23, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
