Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Trump Caves on Flynn’s Resignation
The neocon-dominated U.S. foreign policy establishment won an important victory in forcing the resignation of President Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Flynn over a flimsy complaint that he had talked to the Russian ambassador during the transition.The Washington Post, the neoconservatives’ media flagship, led the assault on...
Introducing Trumpology
Flynn’s departure complicates the notion of a radical shift of U.S. policy on Russia, but how likely was that anyway? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Identifying Khmuryi, the Major General Linked to the Downing of MH17
This article was collaboratively researched and written by the Bellingcat MH17 Investigation Team. On 18 July 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) published several tapped telephone conversations in relation to the July 17 downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). Most of these conversations, recorded on the day of the downing, are...
Watch List: Feb. 15, 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...
Turn the search light outwards
In focussing exclusively on Western crimes, parts of the European Left are letting Putin and Assad off the hook for Syria and Ukraine and other abuses. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Gene therapy must keep pace with public trust
It’s perhaps not the catchiest name, but it is one worth remembering: CRISPR-Cas9. Only discovered in 2012, this powerful genome editing technique has rapidly become a widespread and indispensable tool for research, and today is used in labs across the world to study human development, fertility and disease. The technology is progressing at...
The shift in US-Germany relations has implications for Russia
The shift in US-Germany relations has implications for RussiaAfter decades, the transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Germany finally shows signs of weakening. That could open the door for Russia to become an important German partnerAfter decades, the transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Germany finally shows signs of...
Russia: ‘We’re not returning our territory’ Crimea to Ukraine
February 15, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
A Baltic Test for European Arms Control
Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in early 2014, its political and military relations with the West have deteriorated sharply. To head off the risk of an arms race or military confrontation, both sides must urgently agree to reciprocal measures to limit military capabilities and engage in arms control, beginning in the Baltics....
When the Alarm Sounds, Hunker in the Bunker
Does the revival of bunkermania in Russia and America herald a new Cold War? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
