Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Is Putin Preparing a New Attack on Ukraine?
Observers have greatly feared that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would start a small regional war this August. Russia has moved up its State Duma elections to September 18. Although only Putin’s parties are allowed to win, he has a predilection for “small and victorious wars” to mobilize his people.In 1999, the second war in...
Summer Reading List for Foreign Policy Wonks
Transatlantic TakeThis is not the kind of year that lends itself to “beach reads”. Instead, we thought our Transatlantic Take readers might want to use the slower summer months to catch up on things we have published on the many headline issues that will accompany us past the summer months into the fall — and, unfortunately, probably well beyond....
Summer Reading List for Foreign Policy People
Transatlantic TakeThis is not the kind of year that lends itself to “beach reads”. Instead, we thought our Transatlantic Take readers might want to use the slower summer months to catch up on things we have published on the many headline issues that will accompany us past the summer months into the fall — and, unfortunately, probably well beyond....
Kramatorsk, Two Years On
Kramatorsk is one of the most American cities that I have encountered in Ukraine. It is not laid out in the walkable format that most Ukrainian towns and villages have. Rather, it has a wide, broad layout, with extensive blocks. It is a city in which a car is almost a necessity. And that is not a mistake. Kramatorsk’s major industry is cars...
What Business is Really Like in Ukraine
A Response to James Brooke James Brooke truly believes that investors should sink their money into Ukraine. He couldn’t be more wrong. Every roulette table in Las Vegas is more promising than Ukraine. I know from personal experience; I lived in Kyiv for five years and knew a few dozen foreigners who invested in Ukraine.To be fair, Brooke...
Why Turkey’s Disapproval of the West’s Response to the Coup Has Limited Merit
10 August 2016 Fadi HakuraAssociate Fellow, Europe Programme Although Turks across the political and ideological spectrum are seething at the West’s apparently lukewarm condemnation of the abortive coup on July 15, there are valid reasons behind the response A Turkish flag attached to helium balloons as people gather to protest at Konak...
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Armed Crimea Incursion, Says Two Killed
August 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Says It Has Foiled Ukrainian ‘Terror Attack’ Plot in Crimea
August 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Pipeline Plan Beneficiary of Rekindled Russian-Turkish Relationship
Shelved last year after a diplomatic spat, TurkStream is back on, potentially jeopardizing other pipeline projects in the region. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The exercises in the Crimea may be the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine – expert.
/And whether Europe will withstand full-scale war in the geographical center of the continent?/- GCSSI. August 10, 2016 Ksenia Kirillova Especially for Crimea.Reality The situation in the Crimea remains tense. As has been reported Krym.Realii, in the last days of Ukrainian intelligence says the concentration of large groups of Russian troops in...
