Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Implementation of the Minsk Agreements: “Red Lines” for Ukraine
Ukrainian think tanks have prepared a memo for Ukrainian authorities regarding the “red lines,” i.e. the limits for compromise in the areas of political dialogue, security, and humanitarian issues that should not be crossed by Ukraine within the framework of the Minsk Agreements implementation. …read more Source: Institute of World...
“An open armed conflict – a matter of time”.
…Could such a confrontation last a long time without failure in open military conflict? I think it’s only a matter of time. 10/10/2016 Georgy Bovt about the consequences of a sharp cold snap between Russia and US Russia and the United States threatened by a new “cold war”? No, it is already underway. If the escalation of tension will at the...
Russia’s New Caucasus Initiatives
Security Few analysts have followed Putin’s new Caucasus initiatives. Given events in Syria, Ukraine, and East Asia, that neglect may be understandable, but it is a mistaken and harmful neglect because it causes us to overlook the overall strategic dimensions of Russian policy here. Moscow’s gambits in the Caucasus are inextricably...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 11, 2016
News The UK police’s economic corruption unit is itself being investigated for ties to a private investigators’ firm set up up by a lawyer who worked for Russian oligarchs. (Telegraph) U.S. lawmakers accused the White House of trying to weaken a bill that could provide greater financial leverage against the Russian, Iranian, and...
Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia
Outraged by Russia’s intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, diplomats say, and some in the bloc are raising the prospect of more punitive steps against the Kremlin. …read more Source:...
EU Officials See No End to Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine
October 11, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Alleged Russia-Orchestrated Cyberattacks Won’t Go Away
As the U.S. presidential election hits high gear, the candidates and U.S. government won’t let the infiltrations earlier this year fade away. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Other Victims of the War in Ukraine
Ukraine has long been a country associated with human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of women, but recent reports of human trafficking as a consequence of the war in eastern Ukraine have brought a new urgency to this ongoing crisis. News articles tell chilling stories about slave labor camps, children’s brothels, drug couriers,...
An EU HQ? Let Them At It
The debate about the EU military headquarters is not as vacuous as some of its British critics claim, although it has undoubtedly been given a new lease of life by the Brexit vote. Still, the UK would be well-advised to drop its vociferous opposition to the scheme, even if it continues to entertain doubts about its viability. During her recent...
“The Future of Europe”: join the CASE 25th Anniversary Conference
Language English We are happy to announce that registration for the CASE 25th Anniversary Conference “The Future of Europe – Central and Eastern Europe in a Comparative Perspective” is now open.The Conference will take place on November 17-18 at the Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel, Warsaw (ul. Grzybowska 25 A). Conference speakers include Anders...
