Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Imprisoned Ukrainian Library Director on trial for ‘extremism’ takes Russia to Strasbourg
Natalya Sharina, Director of the Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow, has been held under strict house arrest since her arrest on ‘extremism’ charges in late October 2015. It is her unwarranted incarceration and the restrictions imposed on her that have now been challenged with the European Court of Human Rights, since her trial for...
Exploring the US-Mexico Trade Relationship, Part 2
Summary Public demands from states along the U.S.-Mexico border – California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas – will prove to be the biggest opposition against any changes the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump may try to make regarding trade with Mexico and related border controls. These states’ economies depend on bilateral trade...
Why post-Soviet integration will be a lot harder than the Kremlin thought
Why post-Soviet integration will be a lot harder than the Kremlin thought25 years after the official collapse of the Soviet Union, the forces of disintegration in the post-Soviet space appear to be stronger than those of integration25 years after the official collapse of the Soviet Union, the forces of disintegration in the post-Soviet space...
Friday essay: Putin, memory wars and the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution
Russian army officers take the oath of allegiance to the Revolution, 1917 Everett Historical/shutterstockOne hundred years ago, the Romanov dynasty fell in the February Revolution of 1917. This centenary haunts Russia’s current government. “In the Kremlin,” wrote journalist Ben Judah in his important analysis of Vladimir Putin’s...
Watch List: Feb. 9, 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...
February 9th, 2017
CHINA Call Me, Maybe? Trump Reaches Out to China’s President in a Letter Simon Denyer, THE WASHINGTON POST The White House has issued a statement saying President Trump “provided a letter” to Xi Jinping on Wednesday, thanking the Chinese leader for a congratulatory note he had sent on the US president’s inauguration. The letter...
Kremlin: No Ukraine ‘Deal’ with U.S. Possible
February 9, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Guiding Principles for a Sustainable U.S. Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia: Key Judgments From a Joint Task Force
The new U.S. administration should avoid fueling unrealistic expectations of a breakthrough and instead seek incremental progress on specific topics based on a set of guiding principles. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Illusions vs Reality: Twenty-Five Years of U.S. Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
The U.S.-Russian relationship is broken, and it cannot be repaired quickly or easily. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine: a record year for Naftohaz
For the first time in its independent history, Ukraine did not buy any gas directly from Russia, thus reducing its imports by about 32%. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
