Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Middle Eastern Drive Could Dilute Europe’s East-South Divide
The fall of Aleppo shows painfully how Russia is largely given free hand in pressing forward its geopolitical interests with whatever means it chooses without fearing any consequences from the fading ‘international community’. There are many reasons why the United States and Europe have refrained from putting more forceful pressure on...
Kuwait Needs Economic Reform, but Opponents Dominated National Assembly Election
Doug Bandow Kuwait City, Kuwait—Kuwait is one of the freest nations in the Persian Gulf, as well as one of America’s best friends. Yet its “liberalish” governance, as one Kuwaiti colleague described it, ironically impedes the adoption of market-oriented economic reforms necessary for the country’s prosperity. The latest election for...
Moscow Lands Second Hard Punch on LinkedIn
Dispute over data storage law underlines rising state control over the Russian internet. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Cyberattacks Raise Concerns Over Russian Meddling in Montenegro
The small Balkan state could get the green light for NATO entry within weeks, a step Moscow fiercely opposes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Globalists’ Russia Game
Thanks to Barak Obama’s most recent expression of his low character and a foreign policy weirdly akin to fantasy-baseball gone bad, thirty-five US-resident Russian diplomats and their families targeted for rapid deportation feared a frantic search in the holiday crunch for open seats on flights to Moscow.On Friday, Russia sent an Ilyushin...
East Europe Cold Snap Begins to Ease
The bitter weather that bore down on much of Europe in recent days left a trail of death and damage. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Turf wars for Trump’s transition team
It promises to be a long winter in America. Donald Trump appears to be struggling to put a credible team in place as infighting and turf wars dominate the transition process. The volatility is palpable, compounding the uncertainties already associated with the incoming administration in its domestic and foreign policies. The airing of internal...
The CIA, Russia and the American Election
By George Friedman The CIA’s report on the Russian attempt to influence the American presidential election has been issued. The report asserts that the Russians stole emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and John Podesta to embarrass Hillary Clinton and cause her defeat. In addition, it says that the Russians engaged...
Afghan Peace processes sans peace
Another Afghan peace process has caught international attention, albeit belatedly. Russia, China and Pakistan got together in Moscow, on December 27, for the third round of secretary level talks. Though earlier two rounds went almost unnoticed, the recent one invoked an overreaction from Kabul, while Washington also radiated a feeling of unease....
Putin’s Real Long Game
published By MOLLY K. MCKEW on www.politico.com January 01, 2017 “The world order we know is already over, and Russia is moving fast to grab the advantage. Can Trump figure out the new war in time to win it?” little over a year ago, on a pleasant late fall evening, I was sitting on my front porch with a friend best described as a Ukrainian...
