Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Tip of the Iceberg: Russian Use of Power in Syria
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 371 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Russians are determined to reacquire some of the status once enjoyed by the Soviet Union of yore. They believe Western carelessness is to blame for the rise of Islamic State, and are using the Syrian theater to demonstrate their strategic capability. Russia’s status in the Middle...
Kleptocracy Weekly: October 1-7, 2016
The Kleptocracy Initiative’s weekly round-up of leading stories on kleptocracy and its enablers. Events On October 14, Hannah Thoburn, Brian Whitmore, and Angela Stent will examine Consolidation and Control: Power Shifts in Putin’s Kremlin. Join KI, the Lithuanian ambassador, and a distinguished panel at Hudson Institute on October 19...
Krym Put In learns from Kim Jong-un nuclear blackmail.
Andrei Piontkovsky: Krym Put In learns from Kim Jong-un nuclear blackmail October 7, 2016 The main political events of the outgoing week was the appointment of Sergey Kiriyenko for the post of first deputy head of presidential administration, which since the times of Surkov is considered one of the key in the power system of the Russian...
Russia Lurking in the Background of Contentious Moldovan Election
If elected, the pro-Russia presidential candidate leading the polls might turn the country away from its pro-Western path, local politicians warn. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kadyrov Apples Don’t Fall Far From the Tree
Chechen strongman has been criticized after three of his children fought in a MMA competition without proper protective gear. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
After MH17
Russia / Europe In July 2014, a Boeing passenger plane was shot down using a Russian BUK surface-to-air missile launcher which arrived from the territory of the Russian Federation and was later returned there. The fact that there are no private BUK missiles in Russia, is tantamount to a damning indictment of the Kremlin – the Kremlin which...
Keeping up Appearances: How Europe is Supporting Ukraine’s Transformation
The report by Gustav Gressel was presented in Kyiv on October 6 with the support of the Institute of World Policy …read more Source: Institute of World...
Slovakia, the Visegrad Group and Brexit: Charity Should Begin at Home
Slovakia’s prime minister is a harsh critic of Britain and of Brexit. This is understandable; however, a recent study suggests that he would be well-advised to pay more attention to his own country’s precarious affiliations to pan-European institutions.Slovakia currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, and it takes its job...
UkraineLab Forum in Berlin: Diversity as an Opportunity
The 4th UkraineLab Forum this year took place in Berlin. A large gathering of Ukrainian activists too place 19 – 22 of September under the topic The Polyphony of Activism. Exploring the European identity. The main topics of the UkraineLab forum in Berlin dealt with the dimensions of activism in Ukraine and Europe today and how they are changing...
Information war monitor for Central Europe: September 2016
By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Jakub Janda, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|Janelle, licensed by BY-NC-ND 2.0Domestic politics and international events in September in Central Europe provided a plethora of topics for Russian propaganda to mystify and misinform about. The Bratislava Summit or the referendum in...
