Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Consolidating Germany’s Russia Policy
The “Zeitenwende” in international politics implies a need to improve strategic thinking and better prepare for future challenges. Germany is already doing so by drafting strategic documents on national security and relations with China. With respect to Russia, a similar approach suggests itself. First, because Russia’s aggression against...
France in Africa: Facing Jihad and Russia
France in Africa: Facing Jihad and Russia zlotx5 Tue, 06/06/2023 – 04:55 Like the Iranian nuclear question before it, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed the jihadist threat in the Sahel into the background. This has not diminished the problem, however, it has only increased and expanded across the African continent. Since 2013, the...
How Russia’s War in Ukraine Threatens the Planet
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has resulted in the deaths so far of more than 8,700 Ukrainian civilians, including more than 500 children. It has caused a massive drop in the country’s economic output, with GDP declining by 29.1 percent. And it has had widespread consequences for the environment: inside Ukraine, in surrounding...
Could We Actually End the CEO Defense Contractor Gravy Train?
Could corporate CEOs anywhere in the universe have a deal much sweeter than U.S. defense contractor chiefs? The CEO at CybeCys, Inc., a Texas-based defense contractor, might quibble with that question. He isn’t feeling all that much sweetness these days. Last month, federal prosecutors announced a deal that will have this CEO and CybeCys...
Russian volunteers destabilise the Belgorod oblast of Russia. Day 463 of the war
Russian volunteer formations fighting on the side of Ukraine are continuing a psychological sabotage operation to confirm that resistance to the regime is growing in Russia. On 31 May, a spokesman for the Free Russia Legion reported that “between 500 and 1000 people” who are exclusively Russian citizens are fighting in its ranks. The formation is...
Dispatch from Kyiv: Ukraine deserves NATO membership and even more robust weapons
The post Dispatch from Kyiv: Ukraine deserves NATO membership and even more robust weapons appeared first on Atlantic Council. …read more Source:: Atlantic...
Biden Is Not Serious about Ukraine Defeating Russia
[G]iven the unconscionable delays that have affected other commitments by the Biden administration to provide Kyiv with advanced weapons, concerns remain about whether the aircraft will actually arrive in time to make a material difference to Ukraine’s …read more Source:: Gatestone...
Denmark: higher spending on defence and military support for Ukraine
On 30 May, Denmark’s acting defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen presented the government’s proposal for the new Defence Agreement covering the 2024–33 period. It provides for additional defence spending of 143 billion kroner (€19.20 billion) over the next 10 years. The increase is expected to allow the country to meet the target of...
How Sweden Became a Gangster’s Paradise
After the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in February 2022, Sweden and Finland abandoned generations of neutrality to apply for membership in the military alliance NATO. However, there is already a gang war going on in Swedish streets, and it has nothing …read more Source:: Gatestone...
Overcoming the Axis of Tyranny
Overcoming the Axis of Tyranny zlotx5 Thu, 06/01/2023 – 07:55 The emergence of an anti-American Chinese-Russian-Iranian-North Korean axis of tyranny magnifies and multiplies the serious threats the United States and our allies face. Overcoming this Axis requires sound grand strategy, perseverance, and resolve. What follows are some...
