Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why is Europe so silent on Syria?
Why did nearly six years have to pass? Why did hundreds of thousands of people in Syria have to die and many millions have to flee? Why did it take so long for Europe to feel even a little disgust at the tragedy of Aleppo, one of the biggest worldwide humanitarian catastrophes of recent years? Why, for months, did the European Union only keep...
Wife Says Kremlin Critic Diagnosed With ’Acute Poisoning’ Blood Samples Sent To Israeli Lab
The wife of well-known Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., who fell critically ill last week in Moscow for the second time in two years, said doctors have diagnosed him with “acute poisoning by an undetermined substance.” …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
‘Ukrainian regional news site’ linked with Putin Chef’s Internet troll factory
An apparently ‘Ukrainian’ website often quoted in the Russian media has a St. Petersburg address and is probably one of the ‘troll factory’ enterprises owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a millionaire often referred to as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favourite chef. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine Flares Up: Worst Fighting in Nearly Two Years
…read more Source: Hudson...
Clouded Reassurances in Asia
Last week, Secretary of Defense James Mattis made his first official foreign visit as a member of the Trump administration. It was also the first overseas visit by any member of the new cabinet. The new Defense Secretary spent time in both South Korea and Japan, two of America’s most important allies in Asia. The choice of these two...
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”....
