Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
How the Trump budget undercuts security risks posed by pandemics
President Trump proposed a US$54 billion military budget increase to solidify the security of our nation. However, the government also recognizes pandemic threats as an issue of national security – one that knows no borders. In the last four years, we have faced the Ebola epidemic – contained after significant loss of life – and Zika, which is...
Corruption, Terrorism and Russia’s Future
Recent incidents in Russia resemble a speeding roller coaster. It is a story of political ups and downs, unexpected turns of events, and conflicting narratives. With mass anti-corruption demonstrations in Moscow and other Russian cities on March 26, followed by a terrorist attack in Petersburg on April 3, Kremlin elites are growing nervous....
Photographs of Ukrainian Buks Geolocated, Nearly Three Years Later
On July 15, 2014, a chaplain for the Ukrainian Armed Forces named O. (short for “otets,” or “father”) Gredil Mykhailo uploaded a handful of photographs showing a Ukrainian Buk missile launcher in a field that appeared to function as a Ukrainian military camp. The photographs would not be noteworthy if it were not for two things: the fact that...
The Battle for Ukraine: Leadership and Solidarity
Members 19 Apr 2017 – 09:30 to 10:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Petro Poroshenko, President, UkraineChair: Dr Robin …read more Source: Chatham...
Kyrgyz-Born Man Suspected in St. Petersburg Metro Attack
Poverty and lack of opportunity continue to drive millions of Central Asians to Russia in search of work. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
IMF Approves $1 Billion Loan To Ukraine
April 4, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Kleptocracy Daily: April 4, 2017
News A former advisor to President Trump’s election campaign has admitted contact with a Russian spy in 2013, allegedly providing them with “documents about the energy business,” according to a 2015 court filing. Bank of America Corp. is using a recent assessment of the money laundering risk in the U.S. economy to help determine risk among...
IMF Approves $1 Billion for Ukraine
Fund again chides Kyiv for slow progress on reforms meant to help Westernize country’s creaking economy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The New Russian Renaissance
Society Despite official statements from Russian officials about a “turn towards Asia” and the Russian media’s “anti-Western” rhetoric, the government’s cultural initiatives of the past few years tell another story: In the search for a national image, priority is accorded to anything portraying Russia as the “true” Europe, a European...
Going to War With Spain: The Latest Episode in a Whitehall Farce
Indications from the EU that Spain may get a special say over Gibraltar in the final Brexit deal have raised hackles. There has even been talk of a potential ‘war’ between Spain and the UK. All nonsense, but the episode does raise some very important questions for the future of the Brexit negotiations.‘Up Yours Senors’ screamed...
