Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Body Politic
Are recent intrusions from Russian authorities into issues of private choice part of a grand “biopolitical” approach or just run-of-the-mill, moral posturing? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump’s Ambivalence Towards NATO Could Backfire
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 381 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: US President-Elect Donald Trump has toned down the anti-NATO rhetoric he employed on the campaign trail, but it remains uncertain whether he appreciates the value of the organization for American interests. NATO provides security insurance not only to Europe but also to the US. Trump...
Yanukovych ‘doesn’t remember’ the bloodiest day of Maidan killings
Ex-president Viktor Yanukovych has finally testified as defence witness in the trial of five former Berkut officers charged with killing activists in February 2014. He claimed to ‘not know’ or ‘not remember’ most vital details about the events during Euromaidan, and even how he came to flee to Russia …read more Source: Kharkiv...
Militants stage ‘public repentance’ spectacle with supposed teenage ‘saboteurs’
Kremlin-backed militants have produced yet another propaganda ‘pardoning’ stunt involving two ‘Ultra’ football fans, while threatening that two very young men could face 20-year ‘sentences’ for so-called ‘state treason, spying &‘desecration of the state flag’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
We, the Visegrad Citizens, Neighbours and Allies
Judging by the intensity of political communication our regional cooperation seems to be flourishing. However, public opinion research brings a sobering reflection on how societies in V4 countries perceive each other and the format of the Group. The Visegrad Group is primarily a political project. But the “flash and blood” of the living organism...
Will Turkmenistan give up neutrality in favor of Gazprom?
Russia / World Leaders of Asian post-Soviet countries generally agree to meet with the Russian president with pleasure. To be invited to Moscow for grand events or bilateral negotiations is considered an honor. Turkmen leaders Saparmurat Niyazov, and his successor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, were the exceptions to the rule in the early 2000s. Very...
Watch List: Nov. 28, 2016
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Dancing With the Yellow Star
The wife of Vladimir Putin’s top spokesman has the internet up in arms over a Holocaust-themed ice dance. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Mr. Trump, Don’t Be Too Hasty About Lifting Russia Sanctions
The US approach to Russia, specifically the future of sanctions imposed in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine in 2014, is one of the many US foreign policies thrown into question by Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States. Quickly lifting these sanctions may simplify compliance efforts for the private...
November 28th, 2016
RETROSPECTIVE: FIDEL CASTRO 4 Reasons Fidel Is Not Cool Naphtali Rivkin, DISSIDENT Those who support Fidel Castro should know why no victim of communism would praise this dictator. The Dark Reality of Cuba’s Postcard Fantasy Katarina Hall, DISSIDENT Many advertisements present Cuba as a tropical paradise, but the truth is much different....
