Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
How NATO-Linked Think Tanks Control EU Refugee Policy
A flood of uncontrolled war refugees from Syria, Libya, Tunisia and other Islamic countries destabilized by Washington’s “Arab Spring” Color Revolutions, has created the greatest social dislocation across the EU from Germany to Sweden to Croatia since the end of World War II. By now it has become clear to most that something...
Four Reasons It Would Be Foolish To Ban Russian Rocket Engines
After Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014, everybody in Washington agreed it was time to stop relying on Russian rocket engines for getting U.S. military satellites into orbit. So it’s no surprise that Congress is considering legislation to do just [Read More…]The post Four Reasons It Would Be Foolish To Ban Russian Rocket Engines...
The Battle for Ukraine: Leadership, Solidarity and Reforms
Thu12MayMembersThe Battle for Ukraine: Leadership, Solidarity and Reforms 12 May 2016 – 16:30 to 17:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House London, UKUkraine ForumParticipantsPetro Poroshenko, President, UkraineEnter BallotEnter BallotDownload ResultsOverviewTwo years since Russia annexed Crimea and began supporting...
U.S. Diplomat Nuland Says Optimistic About Ukraine Reforms
April 27, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
A New Attempt to Resolve the Ukraine Conflict
The diplomatic efforts of the West to find a political solution to the Ukraine conflict have reached an impasse. Implementation of the terms of the Minsk agreement—far-reaching autonomous rights for the Donbas in return for a withdrawal of Russian arms and troops, the holding of regional elections under international supervision, and Ukrainian...
A Family Reflects on the Chernobyl Disaster
Three generations explain how their lives were transformed by the nuclear explosion in 1986. From the Guardian. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Blogger Charged with Extremism
Internet guru Anton Nossik is charged with hate speech over comments made about Syria. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Protestors Block Odessa City Hall
Response comes after thugs beat activists demonstrating against mayor’s alleged involvement in Panama papers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Concern extends beyond Ukraine over suspect measures against journalist Savik Shuster
A journalist whose flight to Ukraine from freedom of speech restraints in Russia was widely publicized 11 years ago has suddenly been denied a work permit in Ukraine, and on highly questionable grounds. Who is behind this move is unclear, but nobody seriously believes the pretext given for the move, and that already does Ukraine’s...
Putin’s Secret Force Multiplier: Special Operations Forces
One in three questions posed to President Vladimir Putin during his recent annual live phone-in show covered issues of national security. Public interest in events in Donbas has apparently shrunk substantially, and the only concerns expressed about the Islamic State (IS) were limited to worries about fighters possibly returning Russia. Putin...