Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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:...
Tangible results on the road to reform in Ukraine
In signing four projects with Ukrainian officials in Brussels today, EIB will have fulfilled its €3 billion obligation to Ukraine. Instead of providing general aid, the EIB supports very specific projects, writes Vazil Hudák. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian savagely beaten in Russian-occupied Crimea then arrested
It was not enough that the only person punished after Ihor Movenko was brutally attacked was the Ukrainian himself, not his assailant. Now Movenko has been arrested and beaten, this time by the FSB to force him to ‘confess’ to extremism. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
