Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Soviet Union and Russia: Tragedy and Farce
By George Friedman This week marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. Its collapse was inconceivable at the time. The Soviet Union loomed as a stone colossus astride the world, the equal of the United States, and in the minds of some, its superior. In fact, it was built on a base of sand, held together during its hardest times...
Best of TOL for 2016
Our favorite stories of the year. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarus: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By Allison Fedirka Local pundits, analysts and media have raised the issue of Russian-Belarusian relations reaching their lowest point in at least five years. Belarus’ military doctrine has changed, new agreements were signed with NATO countries, disputes have developed over energy prices and trade regulations, diplomatic protests were...
How the West can beat back the Kremlin
The Kremlin and its allies have started to harvest the fruits of the seeds they have been planting for years. Moscow occupies territories of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine; actively wages war on another part of Ukrainian soil; and is now playing a game of political subversion in several Western states. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Russia’s terror grip on Crimea tightens with new ruling on 4 Crimean Tatar political prisoners
On Dec 27, Russia’s Supreme Court allowed the prosecutor’s appeal against Ruslan Zeitullayev’s 7-year sentence (as opposed to the 17-year sentence demanded) and sent the ‘case’ for retrial. The Court rejected the appeals brought by Ferat Saifullayev; Rustem Vaitov and Nuri Primov against their 5-year sentences. …read...
Russia’s Southeast Asia dilemma
Security Driven by declining prospects in Europe and a threatening American ‘pivot’ to Asia, Russia resolved to begin its own turn east in 2012. Assessments have not been kind, dubbing Russia’s eastward course “a pivot to nowhere” and “another opportunity lost.” Faced with growing evidence of its limited appeal as an economic partner,...
Рождество в Нью Йорке. Часть первая: 7 -я авеню, Бродвей. «Мишн импосибл»
Город мечты… сверкающий праздничными огнями Нью-Йорк! Пушистые ели, улыбки случайных прохожих, рождественская музыка на каждом углу. Только там можно почувствовать себя маленьким Кевином, который остался “один дома» и ощутить дух рождества на полную. Наш travel bloger Ирина-Изольда Габрилева отправилась туда, куда каждый декабрь стремятся...
How the West should punish Putin
Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here. As NATO scrambles to beef up its defences in the frontline states and Western diplomacy is humiliated in Syria, the New Cold War is no longer a fanciful book title. It is fact. As the author of that book — much-criticised when...
December 27th, 2016
CHINA Christians Arrested by Communist Regime, Accused of Belonging to “Evil Cults” Stoyan Zaimov, CHRISTIAN POST Several Christians have been arrested in China’s southwestern Yunnan province and accused of belonging to “evil cults,” according to persecution watchdog group China Aid. The ruling Communist Party has been engaged in a...
12 Graphs: Three decades later – the state of nuclear power
Written by Clare Ferguson, Thirty years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster released radioactive material over much of Europe. Following the accident, some 600 000 people took part in the containment operations and around 350 000 people were displaced. Accidents like Chernobyl, and the more recent disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, have...
