Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Business As Usual – Is Trump’s Foreign Policy Just More Bush And Obama?
The last two weeks have been quite a disappointment for those who expected President Trump to make a clear break with the interventionist, warmongering foreign policy of his two immediate predecessors. The Trump Administration threatened Iran several times — including bizarrely putting the country “on notice” — conducted...
Will Trump and Putin be able to cooperate in the Middle East?
Will Trump and Putin be able to cooperate in the Middle East?Both Russia and the U.S. might gain if they see eye-to-eye in the Middle East. However, there are no guarantees that they willBoth Russia and the U.S. might gain if they see eye-to-eye in the Middle East. However, there are no guarantees that they will.Syrian Army soldiers and military...
Watch List: Feb. 6, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Kateryna Zarembo shared the Ukraine’s perspective of the ENP security dimension in Brussels
On January 31, 2017 IWP deputy director Kateryna Zarembo took part in the civil society consultations “The Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy. Implementation of the security dimension” (Brussels, Belgium). …read more Source: Institute of World...
Should we really be so afraid of a nuclear North Korea?
The common thinking is that North Korea’s nuclear programme poses a threat to global peace and diverts economic resources from an impoverished population. North Korean leaders are depicted in the Western media as a cabal of madmen who won’t be satisfied until Washington, Seoul, or some other enemy city is turned into a “sea of fire”....
Germany Buys Time from China
By Jacob L. Shapiro Germany’s economy has avoided the problems besetting most export-dependent countries in the last two years. In 2015, Germany accomplished this by compensating for decreased demand from China by substantially increasing its exports to the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2016, the situation was reversed. Exports...
27 Tory MPs said to be ready to back amendments to Withdrawal Bill
27 Tory MPs said to be ready to back amendments to Withdrawal BillThe Financial Times reports that the Prime Minister could face a revolt by rebel Conservative MPs who are considering supporting an amendment to give parliament a say in the event that no Brexit deal is reached. Chair of the Conservative European Research Group, Steve Baker, has...
Trump agrees to meet NATO leaders in Europe in May
US President Donald Trump agreed to meet alliance leaders in Europe in May in a phone call yesterday (5 February) with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that also touched on the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. …read more Source:...
Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson thinks jailing Crimean rights lawyer Kurbedinov & seizing his clients’ records is OK
Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov has been freed after 10 days’ unwarranted imprisonment but the FSB are still holding computers seized during armed searches. This is an obvious violation – recognized by everybody except Russia’s Ombudsperson – of both Kurbedinov’s rights and the rights of the many victims of persecution he is...
Police & prosecutors accused of protecting Maidan murder suspect from justice
A journalist investigation has highlighted disturbing police and prosecutor links which may explain the baffling downgrading in the charges against Yury Krysin, who took part in the killing of journalist Viacheslav Veremiy during the bloodiest days of Euromaidan in February 2014. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
