Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine to investigate officials with over $100,000 in cash
Ukrainian authorities will investigate politicians and officials who declare cash assets of more than $100,000 (905,000 euros) and will impose prison sentences of up to 15 years on any found guilty of wrongdoing, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said today (2 November). …read more Source:...
Lessons of the UNESCO Vote
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 375 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israelis who cultivate the pipe dream of substituting Israel’s long-term bond with the US for an alliance with China and Russia should take a long, hard look at the votes of Moscow and Beijing at UNESCO, where they joined in denial of Jewish links to Jerusalem. Russian and Chinese...
Energy security in V4
In the recently published report on energy security and Visegrad Group the NCSS points out that our countries have yet a lot to accomplish to adjust internal regulations to the EU recommendations. How important is the relation to EU energy policies for V4 energy security? Indeed, today it’s multi-faceted problem to establish friendly...
Mediterranean anabasis of Russian armed/naval forces.
Or nostalgia for a new Navarino smoke. Teimuraz Toumanishvili Mediterranean Sea, as well as any transcontinental artery linking both on land and on water, various world areas, or sides of the world (as you want to call), has its own immutable and indisputable givens (features) that all and at all times should and should be considered. This type...
Who Will Weed Out the Warmongers?
If Hillary Clinton hangs on to win the presidency, liberal Democrats have vowed to block her appointment of Wall Street-friendly officials to key Cabinet and sub-Cabinet jobs. But there has been little organized resistance to her choosing hawkish foreign policy advisers. Indeed, Washington’s foreign policy establishment has purged almost...
Erdogan: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Russian Encirclement
Less than six months ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly complained that the Black Sea had become a Russian lake and sought regional and NATO cooperation against this threat. Russia and Turkey’s long-standing relationship was on the rocks, especially after Turkey had shot down a Russian fighter plane over Syria in November...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 1, 2016
News Alfa Bank, a Russian lender with alleged Kremlin links, and the Trump Organization denied email contact using a secret server. (Slate) Ukraine says it will investigate officials who appear to be worth more than $100,000 under the new e-declaration system. (Reuters) Australia and China signed a money laundering information sharing agreement....
Russia’s Fight for the Right History
Security experts propose an institution to counteract distortions of Russian history by foreign countries. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Obama’s Victory Lap?
In between nearly daily campaign stops shilling for Hillary, President Barack Obama has been promoting his record as Head of State. To Obama’s credit, he talks nice and appears to be both thoughtful and rational, qualities that were not always evident in his predecessor in office. But the hype about what was achieved in his eight years...
Conspiracy Rumors Swirl in Balkans
Days after Montenegrin leader claims Serbs may have plotted against his government, weapons are found near Serbian prime minister’s home. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
