Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Rethinking Deterrence: Adapting an Old Concept to New Challenges
Russia’s aggressive moves have returned military power politics to the European continent. This has revived the Cold War concept of deterrence, which will be the focus of the 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit. However, discussions on increasing the number of rotational forces in Eastern Europe are only ad hoc measures that address islands of a...
Turkey Says Istanbul Airport Attackers From Russia, Central Asia
Turkish media outlets have released contradictory details about the suicide bombers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Detained Russian Governor on Hunger Strike
Kremlin critic says he was framed and that he’s ready to explain everything. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Won’t Accept Changes to Association Agreement
June 30, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukrainian Opera Singer Dies While Fighting in Donbas
Wassyl Slipak had left a 20-year opera singing career in France to fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The dislocations of Brexit: can India gain?
On 23rd June 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) shocked the world especially their European partners by voting to leave -“Brexit” – the European Union (EU). Equally upset was the United States (U.S.), whose president had campaigned against Brexit. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lamented that Brexit constituted the loss of his...
Gove and Leadsom declare Tory leadership bids as poll finds May would beat Johnson among party members
Gove and Leadsom declare Tory leadership bids as poll finds May would beat Johnson among party membersA number of Conservative MPs have today formally announced they are standing for the leadership of the party including Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, Justice Secretary Michael Gove and former Defence Secretary Liam Fox, all of whom backed...
Where the new government should concentrate its efforts beyond our shores
The Australian government and opposition have largely focused on domestic issues in the election campaign. This emphasis is understandable, but in the longer term the government elected on this weekend will need to address the greatly changed world of 2016. Both Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Shadow Foreign Minister Tanya Plibersek have...
Inside the Green Economy: Nature or natural capital?
Green Economy sets out to rectify the failure of classical economics witnessed with regard to climate change and biodiversity loss by assigning a monetary value to nature and by integrating ecosystem services into the market system. Quantifying (accounting), appropriating and offsetting are the key methods of this route out of the climate and...
Russia extends embargo on EU food products
The Russian government decided on Wednesday (29 June) to prolong a ban on EU food imports from August, until the end of 2017, in retaliation for EU sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
