Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why Russia should liberalize its gas market
Why Russia should liberalize its gas marketThe liberalization of Russia’s gas market would almost certainly entail the downsizing of Gazprom and the rise of new “independent” producers competing on a level playing fieldThe liberalization of Russia’s gas market would almost certainly entail the downsizing of Gazprom and the rise of new...
Poland Takes on Russia
By Antonia Colibasanu When flying over the vast Pannonian Plain in January, you understand the reasons for Poland’s anxiety when it comes to national security. While the land was covered by snow, I could only think of how vulnerable it looked. There was nothing protecting the soft patches of whiteness in between the gray lines of roads or...
Escalation of tension in the Donbas
The most intense armed clashes between separatists and Ukrainian government forces since the beginning of this year have taken place in Avdiyivka. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Wargames in Warsaw
Just six months after the NATO Summit, military experts from NATO, think tanks and former members of the military gathered in a small room with only a few computers on the 2nd floor of Poland’s national stadium to play a wargame: a mock Russian invasion of the Baltic states. The purpose? Assess all of the Alliance’s capabilities and...
This IE EMBA Is Tackling The Humanitarian Crisis In Eastern Ukraine
Written by Marco De Novellis Source: businessbecause.com Vitaliy graduated with an Executive MBA from Spain’s IE Business School in 2016. Whether it’s in or out of headlines, the Ukraine crisis continues. According to the UN, almost ten thousand have died since the conflict started in April 2014, and tens of thousands more have been...
Schulz: Trump ‘un-American’, warns against lifting Russia sanctions
Germany’s centre-left candidate for Chancellor, Martin Schulz, has criticised US President Donald Trump’s policies as “un-American” and warned against lifting sanctions imposed against Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
US Mission to OSCE: On the Emergency Situation in Avdiivka
Temperatures have dropped far below freezing in Ukraine. Without water, electricity, or heat, the lives of thousands of people are at stake. Combined Russian-separatist forces must halt their attack on Avdiivka. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kremlin-Installed Crimean Leader Admits Preparations for Armed Uprising
De facto Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov’s testimony on Jan 31 against Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz clashed with hard evidence, but it did some interesting details. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
What We’re Reading: Jan. 31, 2017
Below you will find a list of books that members of the Geopolitical Futures team are currently reading. It highlights insightful and relevant books from around the globe and the reasons we chose them. SS-GBBy Len Deighton George Friedman: This is an imaging of what life in Britain would have been like had the Germans invaded and conquered it in...
Watch List: Jan. 31, 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...
