Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Trump, the Mideast Conflict, and the Jordanian Option
King Abdullah of Jordan, WEF, Flickr, Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 407 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Instead of fixating on an independent Palestinian state, the new US administration should look east to the Hashemite Kingdom as a stabilizing influence on Palestinian politics. President Trump has an opportunity to help Jordan prosper...
Watch List Findings: Feb. 4, 2017
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...
Russia is still wary of Trumps turbulent presidency
Russia is still wary of Trumps turbulent presidencyOnce the Trump administration shifts its attention from domestic policy to foreign policy, it will raise awkward questions about just how deeply the U.S. and Russia can really partner on complex geopolitical issuesOnce the Trump administration shifts its attention from domestic policy to foreign...
Re-escalation of fighting in the Donbass region of Ukraine
The conflict between the Ukraine’s armed forces and Russian backed separatists of the Donetsk Peoples Republic in the Donbass region began in 2014 and the most recent ceasefire has been in place since the 24th December 2016. There have numerous ceasefire violations recorded by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),...
Ukrainian Tanks in Avdiivka Residential Area
On February 1, Tom Burridge of the BBC shared a video on Twitter showing Ukrainian troops and tanks in what appeared to be a residential area in Avdiivka. We met Ukrainian troops and tanks in #Avdiivka who seemed ready for action – and we could hear that there is no ceasefire here #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/9HGDrNAkWJ — Tom Burridge...
UN Ambassador Haley Hits Russia Hard on Ukraine
February 3, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Kiev Convention on Settling Disputes Related to Commercial Activities
Kiev Convention on Settling Disputes Related to Commercial Activities was signed in 1992 and is in force as between the following states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. It sets out rules for jurisdiction of member states’ courts in transnational...
Minsk Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters
Minsk Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters was signed in 1993 and is in force as between the following states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. The Convention provides the rules for legal cooperation between...
Kremlin Critic Critically Ill in Moscow Hospital
Supporters of Vladimir Kara-Murza suspect he was the victim of a second attempted poisoning. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
February 3rd, 2017
CHINA Why Foreign Companies Are Shutting Shop in China Jane Li, CNBC US-based Seagate, the world’s biggest maker of hard disk drives, closed its factory in Suzhou near Shanghai last month with the loss of 2,000 jobs, in a move that has rekindled fears that China is becoming increasingly hostile towards foreign firms operating in the...
