Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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:...
Cyberwarfare: Overhyped or Underrated?
Tactics used in Ukraine and Syria could be an accurate foreshadowing of one future aspect of warfare. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Normandy Four leaders discuss OSCE monitoring of eastern Ukraine
The leaders of the Normandy Four countries: Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine, held a telephone conversation early today (24 May) over the issue of improving OSCE monitoring in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia and Turkey Escalate: Russia’s Threat to NATO Goes Beyond Eastern Europe
By Genevieve Casagrande, Christopher Kozak, and Franklin Holcomb with Kimberly Kagan, Nataliya Bugayova, and Jennifer Cafarella Key Takeaway: Russia is waging a multi-front campaign against Turkey in order to weaken NATO in line with its strategic objectives. The use of a high-end Soviet-era MANPADS against a Turkish helicopter in southeastern...
Ghosts of MH17
The fallout from the senseless deaths of 298 people is not going away. Sooner or later, Vladimir Putin and his cronies will need to answer for their actions. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine: The world must not ignore the suffering of the Crimean Tatars the way it once ignored ours
Our cry must be heard, so that the horror of the past is not repeated here and now. Our voice must ring out because the world is now silent about the fate of the Crimean Tatars. This was the message on May 18 from Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
