Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire
On Wednesday, June 15th at 6:20pm EST, IPI is hosting a Distinguished Author Series event featuring Agnia Grigas, author of Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire.IPI Live Event FeedHow will a newly assertive Russia seek to redraw post-Soviet borders, and what are the consequences across the peripheries of Russia and beyond? And how should the...
Controversial Russian Artist Pavlensky Freed
Known for harming himself as a form of protest, Pavlensky was fined for damaging ‘cultural heritage’ – the doors to Moscow’s KGB/FSB headquarters. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia-Ukraine Deal Implementation Possible by Early 2017
June 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Obama Hopes for Early End to Ukraine Conflict
Top White House aide Susan Rice says international efforts are intensifying to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Hillary Clinton Criticizes Donald Trump, Reveals Herself to Be Queen of War
Doug Bandow Distrusted by most Americans and generating little enthusiasm even among supporters, Hillary Clinton has wrapped up the Democratic presidential nomination but fallen behind Donald Trump in some polls. Her antidote? A brutal attack on Trump for what she termed his rants, feuds, and lies. It was an ironic tactic for someone whose...
Party colleagues trade personal barbs in ITV referendum debate ahead of final two weeks of campaign
Party colleagues trade personal barbs in ITV referendum debate ahead of final two weeks of campaignITV last night hosted an EU referendum debate with Conservative MPs Boris Johnson and Andrea Leadsom along with Labour MP Gisela Stuart arguing for Leave, against Conservative MP Amber Rudd, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Shadow First...
Lecture for students of the Swedish Defence University
On June 9, 2016, Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-Director, Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes, met with the group of students of the Swedish Defence University. The title of his presentation was “Armed Forces in the Antiterrorist Operation”. The legal framework and political constrains of military forces deployment, political constrains...
Russia in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Download the PDF Key Takeaway: Russia took steps to expand and solidify its spheres of influence in Central Asia and the Caucasus to secure its dominance in the region while continuing to increase its military influence globally. Russia continues to project itself as an effective actor against terrorism in an effort to gain global legitimacy. It...
10-year Sentence Demanded for Euromaidan in Russian-occupied Crimea
22-year-old former Euromaidan protester Andriy Kolomiyets could be sentenced on Friday to 10 years’ imprisonment despite an alleged ‘offence’ that almost certainly never happened, and over which a court under Russian occupation categorically has no jurisdiction. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Putin’s Kerch Bridge to Crimea: No Money, Dodgy Insurance & No Accountability
Upbeat noises in the pro-Kremlin media about the Kerch Strait Bridge that Russia is trying to build to Crimea without any environmental impact studies are fighting against the odds, with reports of financing problems now compounded by news of an extremely obscure ‘insurer’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
