Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
What are the Kremlin’s next moves with Kiriyenko on board?
Politics The recent appointment of Sergey Kiriyenko as the Kremlin’s First Deputy Chief of Staff prompted a tide of contradictory opinions. Some observers believe he is capable of offering a more meaningful and rational agenda to the Kremlin in terms of domestic policy. Others feel that the country is about to enter an insane era of...
Moldova Elections Aren’t About Europe or Russia. They’re About Moldova.
After this week’s U.S. election, not many in the United States or Western Europe are focused on the elections that are taking place in Moldova. Those who have been following saw a fascinating political drama unfold, as Maia Sandu took 38 percent of the vote to Socialist Party’s Igor Dodon’s 48 percent in the first round of...
Trump: Don’t Follow the Bush-Obama Foreign Policy Legacy
Eight years ago, President Obama had a chance to change the warmongering direction that outgoing President Bush and the U.S. national-security establishment had led America for the previous eight years. Obama could have said, “Enough is enough. America has done enough killing and dying. I’m going to lead our country in a different direction...
What Europeans Should Want From the Trump Administration
Transatlantic TakeBRUSSELS – 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...
Watch List: Nov. 10, 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...
FREEBIES FOR UKRAINE WILL NO LONGER
…Very soon after the inauguration of the new US president January 20, 2017 … Trumpэ’s administration will deliver an easy and a hard choice: either real reform, real resistance to Russian aggression and report how each dollar the US and assistance – or stay alone with Putin assistance will be no more. Abraham Shmulevich Today US support for...
Helping people displaced by the Ukraine conflict
Article | Many people have had to flee their homes because of the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Moscow Says It Foiled Another Ukrainian Plot in Crimea
Ukraine issues fierce denials of Russian claim to have apprehended a group of saboteurs in Sevastopol. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
November 10th, 2016
CHINA China’s New Cybersecurity Law Rattles Foreign Tech Firms Josh Chin and Eva Dou, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL China’s government has approved a broad new cybersecurity law aimed at tightening and centralizing state control over information flows and technology equipment, raising concerns among foreign companies operating in the...
Ukraine Hopes for US Support Under Donald Trump
November 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
