Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Kazakh Connection And The Future of Russia’s Borders
Related Commentaryvia StrategikaSince Putin’s return to the presidency in 2012, Russian revisionism has focused on the western reaches of the former Soviet Union. He has annexed Crimea and unleashed his surrogate forces in Southeast Ukraine. He has tested NATO defenses in the Baltic and North Sea, while intimidating Estonia, Latvia, and...
Even Russian Prosecutor General criticizes anti-protest law used to jail Ildar Dadin
Russia’s Constitutional Court is due to give its judgement on a notorious article of the criminal code used to imprison civic activist Ildar Dadin for totally peaceful protest. Courts in Russia at all levels almost invariably uphold politically-motivated rulings, and the Court will almost certainly reject Dadin’s appeal, however there...
Historical Truth Banned in Russian-Occupied Crimea
Where Russia cannot prosecute for annoyingly inconvenient but entirely provable truth, it opts for bans. This appears to have now happened with the Kyiv-based website Istorychna Pravda [Historical Truth …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
The Neocon Lament: Nobody Wants Them in Trump’s Washington
There is no limit to the hubris driven hypocrisy of America’s stalwart neoconservatives. A recent Washington Post front page article entitled “‘Never Trump’ national-security Republicans fear they have been blacklisted” shares with the reader the heartbreak of those so-called GOP foreign policy experts who have apparently been ignored...
The Last Chance To Get Russian-U.S. Relationship Right
By Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The great flaw in ex-president Barack Obama’s record was his policy towards Russia. Going against everything he had said and written about before he became president, one action after another antagonised the Russians. His early proclamation that he wanted Georgia and Ukraine in NATO, his de...
Why US policy toward Russia will not take a U-turn under Trump
Why US policy toward Russia will not take a U-turn under TrumpThe current “bromance” between Trump and Putin and early signs that the two leaders will find common ground are no assurance of good and sustainable relations between the U.S. and RussiaThe current “bromance” between Trump and Putin and early signs that the two leaders will find common...
The Russian Connection Between Syria and Ukraine
Feb 17, 2016″Given the burden of refugee flows on European unity, Russia may try to link cooperation in the Syrian crisis to relief from the sanctions that Europe imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014.” …read more Source: Belfer Center for Science and International...
The US Election and the Ukraine Connection
It is not difficult to guess why Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump, rather than Hillary Clinton, in the White House. But why did Putin go from hoping for a particular outcome to launching wide-ranging efforts – and incurring great risks – to help bring it about? …read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Pipeline Politics
KleptoCast 9: Natalie Duffy talks to Ilya Zaslavskiy about how Nord Stream 2 could strengthen the Kremlin’s hand in Europe. http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/NORDSTREAM-FINAL.mp3 By Natalie Duffy On New Year’s Day, 2017, Gazprom pumped a record amount of gas through its Nord Stream pipeline. Gazprom CEO...
Ukraine’s Business Environment: Corruption and Corporate Political Strategies
Invitation OnlyResearch EventUkraine’s Business Environment: Corruption and Corporate Political Strategies6 Feb 2017 – 15:30 to 17:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, LondonRussia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsDr. Peter Rodgers, Lecturer in Strategy and International Business, Sheffield...
