Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Moldovan Prisons: Judged and Found Wanting
Critics from the Council of Europe to the government itself say Moldova needs a more humane prison system. And they’ve kept on saying it for years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Abolish the CIA
Every American who looks at the CIA objectively or in a balanced way and judges it by any number of criteria, such as moral, legal and pragmatic, should reach the conclusion that the CIA should be abolished. JFK wanted to break it into a million pieces. Trump is right to dismiss its intelligence reports about DNC hacking. The CIA war on Trump...
Russia has yet to decide what it wants from Donald Trump – or how to get it
The dossier reportedly drawn up by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele has everyone pondering Russia’s potential ability to manipulate Donald Trump once he’s in office. In reality, most of the dossier’s claims aren’t very clear, and as yet are not backed up by evidence that could sway the public. The only sure thing the...
What Do Ukrainians Actually Think?
There is a paucity of Ukrainian opinion poll data at a time when this should be vital information for anybody interested in helping Ukraine’s reform process. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Price of Appeasing Russian Adventurism
Washington’s acceptance of Russia’s annexation of Crimea would have far-reaching implications for the world’s nuclear nonproliferation regime. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Going to the People-and Back Again: The Changing Shape of the Russian Regime
For most of Russian history, the country’s leaders have employed a top-down political system. When Crimea was annexed in 2014, the Kremlin temporarily allowed more decentralized patriotic activism to rally support, but they soon saw the potential risks and reverted to more centralized political control. | Русский …read more Source:...
Problems with Corruption in Ukraine
Under pressure from civil society and international institutions, the Ukrainian authorities have taken steps to reduce corruption. Although these measures have brought initial positive results, corruption remains one of the biggest problems facing the country as any changes meet with resistance from part of the Ukrainian political elite afraid of...
Obama leaves the world a more dangerous place
Barack Obama aimed to reset America’s place in the world. Instead he dislodged it. His soaring rhetoric—displayed in speeches in Cairo in 2009, or in Estonia in 2014—could not outweigh the bleak realities of power. America is relatively weaker than it was, its rivals and adversaries stronger. Countering that trend is entirely possible, but...
International NGOs should get the facts right re Ukraine’s ‘Ban’ on Russian TV Dozhd
Ukraine’s removal of the independent Russian Dozhd TV from cable networks elicited angry responses and accusations of ‘censorship’ from at least two international NGOs, neither of whom fully addressed the reason for the restrictions imposed, or what they did not entail.. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
FSB detains Ukrainian Cultural Centre activist & his wife in Russian-occupied Crimea
Russia’s FSB is preparing ‘extremism’ charges against yet another pro-Ukrainian Crimean, a young mother of two small children, with the pretext this time being a post on the social network VKontakte. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
