Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
NATO’s Open Door Leads to an Identity Crisis
Emma Ashford On Monday, War on the Rocks hosted an open letter signed by a number of former senior U.S. policymakers that strongly promotes the quick ratification of Montenegro’s accession to NATO. With the exception of Russian opposition, Montenegro is a relatively uncontroversial candidate for membership. Yet when considered more broadly,...
Russia Bans Council of Europe From Monitoring Elections
The move comes in retaliation for the European body’s suspension of Russia’s voting rights in 2014. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia May Deploy Nuclear Missiles in Kaliningrad
The missiles, positioned deep within Europe, would serve to escalate already high tensions. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Britain exits the EU: How Brexit will hit America
The UK has voted to leave the European Union, 51.9 to 41.8 percent Prime Minister David Cameron announced early Friday that he will step down in three months time. Unwinding the union will be a messy process that will take months, if not years, and have broad political and financial impacts. The pound dropped in value on the London exchange early...
New Russian Tech Initiative to Pursue Teleportation
State funds will cover half of the initial costs of the project, which also calls for 5G internet and cyber-defense centers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST ARTICLE ON WHAT IS NOW HAPPENING IN RUSSIA.
… OR NATIONAL IDEOLOGY OF MASS NECROPHILIA. / In Russian society, as in the Islamic state dominated a single ideology – the ideology of the collective will to death / – GCSSI. Author: Konstantin BATOZSKY This is a reflection of pure Russian collective will to death. I think I realized that this action “Immortal regiment.” This is a reflection of...
New ’anti-terrorist’ law to unleash terror on Russia and Occupied Crimea
Two and a half years after Ukraine’s Maidan forced the withdrawal of a law introducing sweeping dictatorial powers, Russia is set to pass a law which seems aimed at terrorizing and silencing civil society with direct impact for Ukrainians in Crimea under Russian occupation. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Independent Judiciary an ‘Antidote’ to Corruption in Ukraine
An independent judiciary and institutional transparency are necessary to root out corruption from government and businesses in Ukraine, according to a transnational criminal lawyer. …read more Source: Atlantic...
Drawing the ‘Cyber Curtain’: Will Russia Follow the Chinese Example?
RT-Inform, a firm owned by the Russian non-profit state corporation Rostec, announced, on June 9, the creation of a protected instant messenger (IM) application designed for use by Russian companies and state agencies (gosstruktury) (Rbc.ru, June 8). The financial details of this initiative are being kept secret, but Sergey Kravtsov (the owner of...
Putin Says Russia Must Respond To ‘Aggressive’ Western Actions, Rhetoric
Putin told Russia’s State Duma on June 22 that the country “must think about its own security” when confronted by what he called “NATO’s aggressive actions near Russia’s borders.” Putin praised lawmakers in the lower chamber of parliament for supporting Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. rferl:...
