Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Watch List: Feb. 16, 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...
Ukraine President Vows To Resume Coal Supply From East
February 16, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Extended Nuclear Deterrence under Trump: Why Removing Weapons from Turkey Might be Good Policy
Despite Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign rhetoric, the US still has a central role to play in international nuclear non-proliferation efforts. There is hope Trump’s defence officials and the international community will have a steadying influence on the new president.Download the article (PDF)During his election campaign,...
Le Pen is stoking France’s passion for protectionism
Yes, we get it. Marine Le Pen is a divider, a xenophobe, a dangerous nativist who’s willing to disregard individual rights of every kind to achieve her goal of Making France Great Again. She’s racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic. And you’ll delete us off social media if we even think about voting for her. For many people, the...
Blackouts possible in Ukraine
On 15th February the Ukrainian government declared a state of emergency in the energy sector. The main reason behind the decision is the shortage of anthracite. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Here’s why an ‘NHS tax’ is a horrible idea
The NHS widely perceived to be facing its gravest ever crisis. Whether not this is in fact the case is difficult to tell. True, some indicators look pretty awful – A&E waiting times, for instance. But the truth about the NHS is that there is never enough money. In the 2000s, the NHS budget doubled in real terms – but there were still hundreds...
The Nuclear Fallout of Trump’s Possible Détente with Putin
A Russian tank participates in military exercises in 2013. Photo via kremlin.ru, CC BY-SA 4.0. While the new US administration should be looking for areas of cooperation with Russia where possible, it should do so without compromising the United States’ principled stance on Ukraine. Any such compromise will have grave repercussions not only...
It’s time to cut Greece loose
The Greek debt crisis is back in the news. According to the Greek authorities, the country’s economy shrank by 0.4 per cent in the final quarter of 2016. “Experts” had expected it to grow by 0.4 per cent. Despite a number of bailouts amounting to some 240 billion euros, and a host of supposed reforms (which I will address below), the Greek...
Kyiv, Rebels Agree on Weapons Pullback
Nationalist-led blockade on goods coming from rebel zone threatens to cripple heavy industry. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Counter-Radicalisation at the Coalface: Lessons for Europe and Beyond
Europe is on a high state of alert after several terror attacks – and more are thought to be in the pipeline. So which strategy should governments adopt to address radicalisation and prevent future attacks? Download the article (PDF)As the number of planned and realised terrorist attacks against Europe continues to grow, there are increasing...
