Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Global Petroleum Survey 2016
This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 10th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. The survey responses have been tallied to rank provinces, states, other geographical...
Gazprom’s EU Strategy Is a Dead End
The main obstacle to energy negotiations between Russia and the EU is the clash between their perceptions of energy security. Moscow claims that the biggest threat to European energy security is Ukraine’s unreliability as a gas transit country, while Brussels believes the construction of new Russian pipelines circumventing Ukraine will do...
Ukraine ready to join trilateral gas talks in Brussels
Ukraine is ready to join trilateral talks to discuss gas issues with Russia on 9 December in Brussels, the country’s state energy company Naftogaz said on its Twitter account yesterday (5 December). …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Most Overlooked Reform Could Bring in Billions
Of the key battles fought in post-Maidan Ukraine, the one over land reform attracts little attention which is a shame …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainian Muslims join in affirmation of unity and support for Ukraine
The Charter of Muslims of Ukraine and its affirmation of support for Ukraine’s unity are especially vital given the challenges brought by Russia’s occupation of Crimea and military conflict in Donbas. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
“WARRIOR MONK” HEADED WORLD’S FIRST ARMY.
Teimuraz Toumanishvili “I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.” From his youth to commemorate generals crashed one phrase: “I want you to remember that no bastard still has not won a war by dying for his country. The winner is the one...
