Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Nord Stream 2: a bad deal for Germany and Eastern Europe
At the end of last year, Gazprom reached a deal with five Western European companies (BASF, E.ON, ENGIE, OMV and Shell). They agreed to add two additional lines to the Nord Stream gas pipeline across the Baltic Sea, increasing the capacity of the pipeline from 55 billion cubic metres per year to 110 billion from 2019. The project has provoked...
The Saudis Did 9/11
News reports about the recently released 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks are typically dismissive: this is nothing new, it’s just circumstantial evidence, and there’s no “smoking gun.” Yet given what the report actually says – and these news accounts are remarkably sparse when it comes to verbatim quotes –...
Where Putin’s Russia Ends
In early 2014 the existence of an independent Ukraine hung by a thread. Russia had annexed the Crimean Peninsula, and with the “Russian Spring” a “hybrid” war in eastern Ukraine was initiated. At this moment the watchwords of “Novorossija” and Moscow’s “reconquering” of South-Eastern Ukraine gained popularity. Ultimately, the failure of the...
“European integration after Brexit and Dutch referendum: what should be the strategy of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia?”
Institute of World Policy will hold a public discussion “European integration after Brexit: what should be the strategy of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia?” …read more Source: Institute of World...
Cautious and rotational – US military engagement on NATO’s eastern flank
The Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 put a stop to the gradual scaling down of US military engagement in Europe. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Ukraine: The Line
The 500km line of separation between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatist rebels suffers heavy daily violations of the ceasefire agreed in Minsk in 2015. Escalation is possible, and the status quo risks a political backlash against the Kyiv government and no way out of sanctions for Moscow. All sides should pull back heavy weapons from...
After Warsaw: NATO, Russia and the Future of Security in Europe
There was a time when it was legitimate to wonder what NATO’s future role would be. Not anymore. If anything, the Atlantic Alliance is facing too many missions. Russia and terrorism are not the only problems: there is unfinished business in the Balkans, in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the migration challenge. NATO Heads of state and...
Two years on, Ukraine villagers mourn at MH17 crash site
Dozens of villagers carried flowers and lit candles on Sunday (17 July) at the site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where flight MH17 crashed two years ago, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source:...
Bellingcat says Russia used ‘fake evidence’ to point finger at Kyiv in downing of MH17
The Russian Defence Ministry published doctored, misdated satellite imagery to support its suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for downing of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014, independent investigation group Bellingcat alleges in a new report. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Mass protest in occupied Donbas: “We want the system we had under Ukraine”
Attempts by Kremlin-backed militants in Horlivka to milk small business owners has prompted the first mass demonstration in the city since 2014. Over a thousand people, came out in protest against the militants’ methods for extracting money, demanding a system like that they had under Ukrainian government control. …read more Source:...
