Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Judy Asks: Can Europe Defend Itself?
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. Michael Leigh – Senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States The two features of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s putative program that have unnerved some European...
Warsaw Wants to Hold the Line on Russia
Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States — both within NATO as well as bilaterally. Poland is a member of the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, spends the stipulated 2 percent of GDP on defense, and has joined the United States and other allies in Afghanistan and earlier in Iraq. The countries are deeply intertwined, and the...
Deepen Defense Cooperation with Paris
While the period of the U.S. elections has just come to an end, France is entering its own presidential elections campaign. Next spring the French people will elect a president for a country officially “at war” since 2015, and which has experienced a serious political crisis for almost a decade. The level of trust for political parties and...
Reassure Bucharest in the Black Sea
Standing at the border of the European Union and NATO, Romania is challenged not only by its internal weaknesses, many of which the country addresses successfully, but also by its proximity to and complicated relationship with Russia. A few years ago, Romania embarked on a bold anti-corruption effort that led not only to conviction of major...
Brussels at Risk for Further Destabilization
It is commonplace to claim that external shocks jolt Europe into action. There have been plenty since 2008 — external and internal — and none seem to have had that effect. It is beyond question that Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is a wake-up call. In Europe, despite its history of populist leaders and some who are...
The Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Then and Now
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk still believes deeply in the power of international norms to maintain peace.“Today’s world is based on great principles: sovereignty, territorial integrity, and untouchable borders. And as far as I understand the situation, the United States is the guardian of these principles,” said Kravchuk at an...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 21, 2016
The Crisis of Big Money Media: Is it time to rein in the kleptocrats and tycoons who dominate the world’s information? Join KI at Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC on December 1 for the first event in our new debate series. News The head of Ukraine’s anti-graft agency about the program from KI’s Natalie Duffy. (Reuters)...
Was Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament a Blunder?
“Ukraine’s denuclearization had been a controversial issue even as it was negotiated, leaving bitter traces in the country’s political and public discourse. As a student of political science in Kyiv in the mid-1990s, I remember being outraged by the sense of injustice: how could the states that rely on their own nuclear...
Ukraine Seeks EU Support to Keep U.S. Sanctions on Russia
November 21, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Pro-Russian Moldovan President-Elect Plans Forced Resignations
A week after winning the presidential election, Igor Dodon has already earmarked heads to roll. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
