Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Between the lion and the dragon
Russia / World Historiography habitually uses the term “between the lion and the dragon” to delineate policy pursued in the mid-18th century by rulers of Kazakh khanates who teetered on the verge between the geopolitical interests of two prominent Eurasian empires: the Russian Empire and Qing China. Ablai Khan is considered to be the most...
The Snowball Effect of Continued U.S.-Russia Strategic Mistrust
October 18, 2016 By Robert Shines In early October Russia suspended an agreement with the U.S. to convert weapons-grade plutonium into nuclear fuel. It did this as a result of the collapse of the Syrian ceasefire deal involving both the U.S. and Russia. As a result, both powers have allowed yet another regional proxy conflict, post-Ukraine, to...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 18, 2016
Tomorrow: Join KI, the Lithuanian ambassador, and a highly distinguished panel for The Threat of Kleptocracy: States Bordering the Russian Federation. Register to attend, or watch live from 9.30 a.m. Thursday: Join KI for the launch of The Kleptocracy Curse: Rethinking Containment, a report by journalist Ben Judah. Register or watch live. News A...
Watch List: Oct. 18, 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...
Europe Funds Russian Aggression in Ukraine, Syria, and Beyond
Three-Fourths of Russian Oil Sold to Europe On October 20, the Council of the European Union will consider its strategy toward the Russian Federation. Following the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Europe faces a genuine challenge: to recognize Russian aggression against Ukraine for what it is, and to provide...
Citizen’s attitudes to the situation in Donbas
Survey Results The survey was conducted by the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service in the period from 9 to 14 September 2016. Responses were obtained from 2,018 respondents aged 18 and above across all Ukrainian regions, except for Crimea and the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the sample that is representative of adult...
Ukraine Scores Diplomatic Breakthrough
“Security First, Elections Next,” the West Concedes After long resisting Western pressure to implement the political points in the Minsk agreements, Ukraine scored a diplomatic victory last week when the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) passed two important resolutions.The first resolution officially defines the...
Merkel to host Putin for Berlin summit on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Berlin tomorrow (19 October) for a summit on Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s role in Ukraine as well as Syria. …read more Source:...
British Bank Closes Russian Broadcaster RT Accounts
UK government denies any role in NatWest’s unexplained move to close the Kremlin’s English-language mouthpiece. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Currency crises in post-Soviet economies — a never ending story?
This paper is published in the Russian Journal of Economics, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 302–326. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its successor states have suffered from cyclical currency crises. The most recent episode of 2014–2016 was caused by a combination of external and domestic factors. The former include tighter US...
