Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Stalinist Echoes in New Armed Arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea
Four more Crimean Tatars have been arrested and could face long terms of imprisonment on trumped-up ‘terrorism’ charges following the latest offensive in Russian-occupied Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
“In Georgia there will be more of NATO and in NATO will be more Georgia”.
Started joint military exercises “Decent Partner 2016″ Nestan Charkviani 05/11/2016 Today at the Vaziani military base near Tbilisi hosted the official opening ceremony of the Noble Partner 2016 Georgian-American exercises ( “Worthy Partner 2016″) with the participation of 500 Georgian, 650 American and 150 British soldiers. The ceremony...
Why Slow and Steady Wins the Race: A Case for Patience in Post-Maidan Ukraine
The aftermath of revolutions is always disappointing. Expectations of immediate transformation come up against intractable reality and a deep and debilitating disappointment usually sets in among much of the population. But not among radicals, who typically demand a thoroughgoing renewal of the elites deemed responsible for “betraying” the cause....
Russia, China, and the West After Crimea
Photo by Kremlin.ru On May 13, 2016, the Transatlantic Academy published a paper by Senior Fellow Angela Stent entitled “Russia, China, and the West After Crimea,” the eighth in its 2015-16 Paper Series. Since the onset of the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin has enthusiastically promoted ties with China as an alternative to...
Heads Roll at Independent-Minded Russian Media Group
Ouster of three top editors follows police raids on other assets of owner Mikhail Prokhorov. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Turning Our Backs on Ukraine
Two years after the tumultuous events of 2014, Ukraine is falling out of international media — with consequences for Ukraine’s democracy. From OpenDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine and the Ukrainian Crisis as Viewed from Greece
Iannis Carras, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki. …read more Source: Institute of World...
IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
By Kirk Bennett About two months after the Revolution of Dignity drove President Yanukovych out of office in February 2014, I received an e-mail from a fairly apolitical acquaintance in Kyiv. She assured me that, revolution notwithstanding, basically nothing had changed and the country was still being run by a bunch of crooks and scoundrels. […]...
Eastern Europe is shunning liberal democracy – but it’ll come back in the end
What’s happening to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? A new authoritarianism, what one leader has called “illiberal democracy”, has taken over in Hungary and Poland. Propelled in part by the Paris and Brussels attacks and the fear of terrorism, parts of Europe are drifting away from democratic pluralism. There’s a growing sense...
INF Treaty Increasingly in Danger, as Russia Balks at New Missile Defense Base in Romania
The United States missile defense (MD) base near the Romanian town of Deveselu, west of Bucharest, became operational this week, armed with 24 SM-3 Block IB interceptors, guided by a land-based version of the naval Aegis integrated combat system, using the SPY-1 radar. The US spent some $800 million to build and equip the base. Washington insists...
