Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Worldwide Search for Chechen Leader’s Missing Cat
‘I knew long ago that in the USA unevenly breathe to my younger friends,’ Ramzan Kadyrov says in puzzling Instagram post. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Nazi-era philosopher who wrote the blueprint for the New Authoritarianism
Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin – from Manila to Moscow, Washington to Budapest, populist authoritarians are the new normal. In Hungary, Orban, the prime minister, aims to build an “illiberal democracy” while in Russia, Putin long ago crushed independent journalism and political opposition. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip...
Russia-Chechnya Conflict: A Lion Waiting to Roar?
The deal struck between Kadyrov and Putin that brought the Chechen conflict to an end has led to a period of relative peace for the small republic, but the latitude granted to the Chechen president by Putin may cause long-term problems for the security of the Russian Federation. There’s a common tendency in articles concerning Russia to...
Russian poet detained for ripping down portrait of Stalin
Sergei Gandlevsky was detained on May 23 by police officers at the Lubyanka Metro station in Moscow after he ripped down a portrait of the bloody dictator Joseph Stalin stuck on a wall …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainian journalist who twice confronted Putin targeted by Myrotvorets Centre vigilantes
Instead of closing down as promised after a previous scandal, the contentious Myrotvorets website has published a new list, this time ‘exposing’ journalists working in Russia. Those it accuses of ‘collaboration’ include UNIAN’s Roman Tsymbalyuk who has for two years running asked extremely hard-hitting questions of...
Shoigu Builds Mythical Russian Army
Since President Vladimir Putin appointed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in November 2012, the official message from the top brass and leading defense officials presents the Russian military as advanced, reformed and undergoing modernization. Shoigu has introduced some departures from the course of reform set under his predecessor Anatoly...
Russia Poised To Play A Lead Role In Asia Pacific
Image credit: Poster Collection, CC 66, Hoover Institution Archives.Blank Section (Placeholder)via Military History in the NewsSqueezed in Europe by U.S-led sanctions and robust NATO reactions in the aftermath of the annexation of Crimea, Russia is now finding itself in a prime position to exploit the unfolding geopolitical dramas stirred up by...
How the World Ends – Baiting Russia is Not Good Policy
Last week I attended a foreign policy conference in Washington that featured a number of prominent academics and former government officials who have been highly critical of the way the Bush and Obama Administrations have interacted with the rest of the world. Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago was on a panel and was asked...
Putin Talks Syria, Ukraine With Normandy Format Leaders
May 24, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine fatigue is spreading in Europe
The appointment of Yurii Lutsenko as Ukraine’s general prosecutor on 13 May will even further curb enthusiasm for Ukraine in Europe’s capitals. All branches of power in the country are in desperate need of reform, writes Michael Meyer-Resende. …read more Source:...
