Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Alleged Czech Discomfort
Visegrad Insight in partnership with Eastern Europe Network of Fellows of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is pleased to present articles by Jörg Winterbauer, Zsuzsanna Végh and Vít Dostál created on the occasion of ‘Germany and the Visegrad States: Potentials and Challenges of Cooperation’ conference in Warsaw, 25-27 November 2016. When the...
The Bad Losers and What They Fear Losing
If the 2016 presidential campaign was a national disgrace, the reaction of the losers is an even more disgraceful spectacle. It seems that the political machine backing Hillary Clinton can’t stand losing an election. And why is that? Because they are determined to impose “exceptional” America’s hegemony on the entire world, using...
Middle East: admitting the obvious
Russia / World The Islamic State’s “liberation” of Palmyra from Bashar al-Assad’s army divisions on December 11 has demonstrated once again that Damascus and Moscow’s coalition has no clear advantage in Syria. Apparently, it would be equally correct to state that the Baghdad–Washington coalition in Iraq has no clear advantage...
Forecasting Russia in 2017
Originally produced on Dec. 14, 2016 for Mauldin Economics, LLC George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro One of the biggest challenges in writing forecasts is clearly communicating our predications for the coming year. There is a certain level of background and analysis that goes into forecasting geopolitics, but often, that background and analysis...
Kleptocracy Daily: December 19, 2016
News Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, was director of a Bahamas-based U.S.-Russian oil firm. (Guardian) Trump aides pushed back against suggestions of Russian interference in the U.S. elections. (PBS) The Financial Stability Board, which makes recommendations to the G20, called for stronger anti-money laundering...
December 19th, 2016
CHINA Facing a Transition of Power, China’s Xi Jinping is More Desperate Than Ever to Control Young Minds Echo Huang, QUARTZ Facing a transition of power, the most influential Communist Party leader in recent history is showing signs he’s reluctant to let go of the reigns, working furiously to consolidate power ahead of the 19th Party...
Ukraine Takes Over Oligarch-Owned Bank
Government says the move will help shore up the shaky banking sector. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Maintaining Perspective About Adversaries
By George Friedman The United States has difficulty evaluating the threat posed by adversaries. Before World War II the U.S. massively underestimated the Japanese. In Vietnam, the U.S. underestimated both the resiliency and will of North Vietnam. In Iraq, the U.S. underestimated the response to the destruction of Saddam Hussein’s regime. In...
Ukraine invites EU monitors to prevent another gas crisis
Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz has asked the EU today (19 December) to send a monitoring mission immediately to entry and exit points of Ukraine’s gas transport system, in an effort to prevent another gas crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says five troops killed in worst clash in months
Ukraine said five of its troops were killed yesterday (18 December) by pro-Russian insurgents in the bloodiest clash in the war-scarred ex-Soviet republic in months. …read more Source:...
