Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Fake news: the internet has turned an age-old problem into a new threat
South Africans queue to vote in the 2016 municipal elections. The governing ANC is accused of wanting to generate ‘fake news’ to influence voters. Reuters/Mike Hutchings The year 2016 will go down in history as the year in which fake news really took centre stage. It played a decisive role in major events such as the outcome of the US...
February 2nd, 2017
CHINA A China of Citizens Andrew J. Nathan, FOREIGN AFFAIRS There have been many attempts at democratic change in China, but the most creative approach to dissent, however, was perhaps that of a young lawyer, Xu Zhiyong. In 2013, Xu was arrested and later sentenced to four years in prison for his role in leading the New Citizens’ Movement....
Russia Tightens Security on Belarus Border
Move is apparent retaliation for Lukashenka’s decision to end tourist visas for many Western travelers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Negotiating with the Kremlin: Considerations for Future US Policy towards Russia
Michael McFaul is the Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He served five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia at the National...
Fear of Russia Said Behind Scrubbed NATO-Ukraine Meeting
Nearly 20 troops and civilians reportedly killed since Sunday in combat zone near Donetsk. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Bring Russia to the Table and Promote America’s Security
Putin’s Russia is determined to demilitarize NATO in Eastern Europe, end Western economic sanctions, allow the permanent amputation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity including the Crimea, secure Bashar Assad’s rule over all of Syria, and …read more Source: Gatestone...
NATO calls on Russia to help stop spike in violence in eastern Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia yesterday (1 February) to use its “considerable influence” with rebels in eastern Ukraine to end what he described as “the most serious spike in violations” of a shaky truce there in a long time. …read more Source:...
The Soviet Union’s Long Shadow
In the 25 years since the collapse of the USSR, the West’s relations with the largest nation on Earth have once again slowly grown sour. Looking back to the mistakes that spawned today’s Russia may hold the key to explaining and overcoming the most recent animosities. August 1991 was never going to be another lazy, summer month when...
Where Should the External Priorities of the Visegrád Lie?
The real priorities of a foreign policy of any state should reflect the overall dynamics of the international context (i.e. threats for national security or opportunities for the expansion of the state’s role vis-a-vis other players). This should also apply to alliances and inter-state groupings. Today, the V4 faces the sort of challenges...
Avdiivka Offensive Aimed at Better Kremlin ‘Dialogue’ with Trump & Undermining Minsk Agreement
A Russian political analyst suspects that the Kremlin has initiated the shelling of Avdiivka and resulting deaths in order to secure a better deal with the USA, one that will enable it to keep destabilizing Ukraine, while freeing itself of sanctions …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
