Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Watch List Findings: Dec. 24, 2016
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this email manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
Was the Fall of the USSR a Surprise?
On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which for nearly 70 years dominated the geopolitical landscape, smothered Eastern Europe and Eurasia within its dead embrace, and caused the deaths of around 30 million of its own people, dissolved. The collapse of...
We don’t have to choose between fighting terror and deterring Russia: Marcus Kolga for Inside Policy
Macdonald-Laurier InstituteMacdonald-Laurier Institute – Canada’s leading public policy think tank The Russian envoy would have Canadians believe they have to choose between defeating terrorism and supporting allies in the Baltics. He has revealed… We don’t have to choose between fighting terror and deterring Russia:...
Does Moscow consent to leave the North Caucasus?
…The process of disintegration of the Soviet Union began with the Caucasus. The process of further collapse of the Russian Federation will also start with this region. Avraham Shmulevich 23/12/2016 Does the Russian authorities today to leave the Caucasus, just like that? Of course not. But the events objectively developing in this direction. More...
December 23rd, 2016
CHINA Chinese Propaganda Video Warns of West’s “Devilish Claws” Chris Buckley, THE NEW YORK TIMES The communist party says such uprisings like the “color revolution” are a template of Western plans for China. It is a longstanding theme that has gained greater official credence under Communist Leader Xi Jinping. That perspective has threaded...
Moldova’s Politicized Church
Actively involved in the electoral campaign, the influential Orthodox Church played a significant role in Dodon’s victory. From Ziarul de Garda. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Tainted Bath Lotion Kills 74 in Russia
Officials announce restrictions on cheap, high-alcohol health products while Vladimir Putin proposes to cut taxes on vodka. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poland’s Rising Leadership Position
By Antonia Colibasanu Poland’s history can easily be summed up as a continuous struggle against invasions and divisions. The country’s geopolitical significance stems from its location between Russia and Germany. We have written about the challenges that both Russia and Germany will face in 2017; these challenges also pose unique...
Oligarchs making gains: the costly nationalisation of Ukraine’s PrivatBank
On 18 December, the government in Ukraine decided to nationalise the country’s largest bank, PrivatBank. It has been owned by the oligarchs Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Henadiy Boholyubov. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Ukraine’s rising Euroscepticism
Ukraine’s pivot towards the West has barely begun, yet Euroscepticism could already set in, writes Borja Lasheras. …read more Source:...
