Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
What threats will Russia and the world face in 2017?
What threats will Russia and the world face in 2017?As 2016 comes to an end, pundits are coming up with gloomy forecasts for 2017 based on the wide range of geopolitical threats currently facing Russia and the worldAs 2016 comes to an end, pundits are coming up with gloomy forecasts for 2017 based on the wide range of geopolitical threats...
Editorial Newsletter December 2016
EU-Russia relations: time for a reset? One of the external threats the EU is confronted with concerns the relationship with Russia. The annexation of Crimea, the interference in Eastern Ukraine and Russia’s bombardments in Syria are examples of Russian activities having a serious impact on security in Europe. As a side effect another frozen...
Intelligence report on Kremlin hacking makes any reset close to impossible
Intelligence report on Kremlin hacking makes any reset close to impossibleExpecting conclusive evidence in the declassified intelligence report about the Kremlin’s alleged hacking would be naive in the current U.S. political environment, where Russia is seen as an adversaryExpecting conclusive evidence in the declassified intelligence...
The World in 2017: Ten Issues that Will Set the International Agenda
* Text finalised in January 9th 2017.This Nota Internacional is the result of collective reflection by the CIDOB research team. Coordinated and edited by Eduard Soler i Lecha and Eckart Woertz, it has benefitted from the contributions of Anna Ayuso, Jordi Bacaria, Anna Bardolet, Moussa Bourekba, Luigi Carafa, Paula de Castro, Carmen Claudín,...
Kleptocracy Daily: January 10, 2017
News John McCain and Lindsey Graham are introducing a bipartisan bill to increase sanctions against Russia. (Politico) New Russia sanctions include the suspected killers of Alexander Litvinenko. (Guardian) Donald Trump aides labelled Obama’s response to Russian intervention in the U.S. elections “disproportionate.” (Bloomberg) Trump’s...
Washington Invented Hacking and Interfering in Elections
Is the United States the victim of an unprovoked cyber and media attack by Russia and China or are the chickens coming home to roost after Washington’s own promotion of such activity worldwide? On Thursday Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asserted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that while no foreign government had...
Russia’s Middle Eastern Drive Could Dilute Europe’s East-South Divide
The fall of Aleppo shows painfully how Russia is largely given free hand in pressing forward its geopolitical interests with whatever means it chooses without fearing any consequences from the fading ‘international community’. There are many reasons why the United States and Europe have refrained from putting more forceful pressure on...
Kuwait Needs Economic Reform, but Opponents Dominated National Assembly Election
Doug Bandow Kuwait City, Kuwait—Kuwait is one of the freest nations in the Persian Gulf, as well as one of America’s best friends. Yet its “liberalish” governance, as one Kuwaiti colleague described it, ironically impedes the adoption of market-oriented economic reforms necessary for the country’s prosperity. The latest election for...
Moscow Lands Second Hard Punch on LinkedIn
Dispute over data storage law underlines rising state control over the Russian internet. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Cyberattacks Raise Concerns Over Russian Meddling in Montenegro
The small Balkan state could get the green light for NATO entry within weeks, a step Moscow fiercely opposes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
