Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
East flank of NATO.
September 6, 2016 By Aleksandr Sytin No diplomatic efforts and attempts to “pacify” the Russian aggressors are without the slightest historical and logical rational grounds. Nor should we expect that the change in the first person, or even the ruling group in Russia will lead to a decline in tensions in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union....
September 9th, 2016
CHINA A Not-So-Local DifficultyECONOMIST Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has promised a “great revival” of the Chinese nation. Presiding over the G20 summit was a perfect opportunity to show the public that he was on target. How awkward, then, that as he was doing so voters in Hong Kong were sending Mr. Xi a different—and, for the party,...
RUSSIA. ELIMINATION MECHANISM LAUNCHED.
By Anti-colorados 09/08/2016 … West reopen the plan, which has become a noose for the USSR and nudged bald dolls on this path. Anyone with a sense of self-esteem, he went to the abyss, and dragged for a fact that had to collapse in 1991. So all the wild projects, including ships, pipelines to nowhere, etc., should be seen as a movement in the...
Early Voting Underway and Under Fire in Belarus
OSCE has criticized the process meant to elect representatives for the lower house of parliament. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
War of Words
Recent “news” about a transfer of U.S. nuclear weapons to Romania showcased how disinformation, whether Russian-initiated or not, can benefit Moscow. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia fights Ukraine over the “Yanukovych debt”
The slowly developing Russia-Ukraine $3-billion sovereign debt dispute got a sudden new development when, at the end of July 2016, Russia requested the London High Court make the expedited ruling on this dispute. Following that, on 8 September 2016 the High Court has scheduled the hearings of the dispute for the 17-20 January 2017. The debt This...
Crimea Cannot Be Returned to Ukraine, Czech President Says
September 9, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Transdniester Decides It’s Time to Join Russia
The de facto president of the breakaway region wants to implement a decision reached in a referendum 10 years ago. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
What Poroshenko Said and Didn’t Say
Unsurprisingly Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko kicked off his annual televised address to parliament on September 6 with words of unity. “At a time when Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is still ongoing, when the military threat from the east is the most difficult strategic challenge, the issue of national unity and political...
Assessing Theresa May’s First International Summit
The British Prime Minister Theresa May attended her first international forum at the G20 Summit in China between 4-5 September. RUSI Deputy Director-General Professor Malcolm Chalmers and Dr Jonathan Eyal RUSI associate director assesses the Prime Minister’s performance and the future prospects for UK foreign policy. More Brexit Briefings...
