Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Jeffrey Sachs on America and a New World Order
“America first!” Donald Trump hammered out this message over and again in his inauguration speech a week ago today. He promised tariffs, a crackdown on immigration, and a restoration of American military might. He entered the White House as the least popular incoming president in 40 years. Not every liberal thinker is in a state of despair....
A renewed Special Relationship will be a global force for good
I defy any person to travel to this great country at any time and not to be inspired by its promise and its example. For more than two centuries, the very idea of America – drawn from history and given written form in a small hall not far from here – has lit up the world. That idea that all are created equal and that all are born free has never...
Global Think Tank Ranking BICC amongst the best think tanks worldwide
The 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP), University of Pennsylvania, lists the Center among the Top 150 (worldwide) and Top 100 (non-US). Again, BICC is the only peace and conflict research centre from Germany that is listed in this ranking. “I am extremely pleased that BICC as a...
Ten issues to watch in 2017
Written by Etienne Bassot, © WavebreakmediaMicro, chainat, AR Pictures, retrostar, Andrei Korzhyts, anjokan, VRD, psdesign1, Peter Hermes Furian, Tupungato, hurca.com, rochagneux / Fotolia This is the first edition of a new EPRS publication designed to identify key issues and policy areas that are likely to feature prominently on the agenda of...
As Trump mulls another ‘reset’ with Russia, he should consider perils of Big Oil diplomacy
Energy has long been used as a tool of U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. But it’s true in other regions and countries as well, most notably Russia, where President Donald Trump is pondering another possible “reset” in relations. This will be the fourth such attempt at a relationship reboot with Moscow since the...
A World That Didn’t React and Isn’t Now
This 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau feels frighteningly different from previous years. Developments over the last year have meant that for the first time very many people are confronting the possibility of a rise in totalitarianism, with the question “how could it happen?” no longer something for...
Dirty Russian Media Lies as Repression Mounts in Occupied Crimea
While armed searches and arrests were underway in Russian-occupied Crimea of a prominent human rights lawyer and the son of a veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, Russian state-controlled media widely reported that a “special operation” was underway against supposed ‘terrorists’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Russia resorts to open terrorization of lawyers & their families in occupied Crimea
Emil Kurbedinov, one of the lawyers representing many of Russia’s Crimean political prisoners, was detained on Thursday, Jan 26. He and his colleague Edem Semedlyaev were heading to the home of a Crimean Tatar activist where a search and arrest was taking place. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia uses repression to remove witnesses to illegal arrests in occupied Crimea
Russia is continuing to use docile judges in occupied Crimea to impose unwarranted penalties on Crimean Tatars for entirely peaceful demonstrations of solidarity with families facing armed searches and arrests …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Can Russia’s economy finally turn the corner in 2017?
Can Russia’s economy finally turn the corner in 2017?RD Interview: Kendrick White of Marchmont Capital Partners discusses the potential obstacles ahead for Russia’s economic growth, including factors that might weaken global energy pricesRD Interview: Kendrick White of Marchmont Capital Partners discusses the potential obstacles ahead...
