Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Taking Stock of the Challenge Posed by Russia
US representative to the OSCE, Daniel B. Baer, responds to European call for arms control talks with Moscow The United States shares European concerns about the erosion of Russian compliance with international treaties, but “it is not self-evident that the way forward is new commitments,” as has been proposed by the foreign ministers of fourteen...
Trump, Brexit, and the Myth of Ukrainian Nationalism
The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency is the latest indication that the liberal globalist consensus of the post-Cold War era is finally over. The sanctity of political correctness has been shattered and we now find ourselves hurtling headlong into the uncharted territory of anti-establishment populism.Trump’s triumph is part of...
Suicide Artists
Russian journalists continue to die under suspicious circumstances both in and out of their country, while the world watches. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Praise and Derision for Russian Banker’s PR Stunt
Sberbank chief’s Robocop-like appearance fuels buzz on the huge gap between the privileged and ordinary people. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
PropOrNot Doesn’t Identify Russian Propaganda
PropOrNot is the outfit that produced “The List” of 200 “Russian propaganda outlets.” The strange thing is that their published materials do not identify and prove a single vital case of Russian propaganda that actually had a vital effect on a matter of vital foreign policy or on a matter of momentous domestic concern. What do I mean by a vital...
December 6th, 2016
CHINA Torture in Secret Prisons: The Dark Side of China’s Anti-Corruption Crackdown James Griffiths, CNN A gray, concrete building looms over the street in central Beijing. Inside lies an organization that strikes terror into the hearts of some of China’s most powerful people, and oversees a sprawling network of secret prisons where...
Lame Duck Senate Shouldn’t Ratify NATO’s Inclusion of Corrupt, Military Midget Montenegro
Doug Bandow Historically countries made alliances to improve their defense or otherwise advance important security interests. In contrast, the U.S. uses NATO as a form of international welfare, inducting nations with little military capability or even economic strength. The latest recipient of defense charity is expected to be Montenegro, whose...
Kremlin’s New Cybersecurity Bible Targets Foreign Threats
Russia needs to keep pace with rest of world in IT and set up a national internet control system, Putin says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
‘It’s a Pretty Disturbing Time for Ukraine’: Trump’s Russia Ties Unnerve Kiev
December 6, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine peace plan follows a familiar path – but there are potholes in the east
More than two years after protests that defenestrated its president and kicked off a conflict, Ukraine remains a starkly divided country, with violence still simmering in the east among Russian-backed separatists. For most of 2016, it has been trying to solve these problems through a deal struck by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and...
