Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Quantum of silence
Vladimir Putin appears to have lost any interest he once had in a rapprochement with the West, and in the east of Ukraine the bullets still fly. The thinking runs, an isolated Russia could turn yet more unpredictable and dangerous. Better, surely, to talk. Newsweek: Quantum of silence …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Ukraine’s ex-officer tells how he helped Russian invaders seize Crimea
A former member of Ukraine’s Interior Affairs Ministry, who defected to Russia during the Crimea occupation, reveals details how the Black Sea was seized by the Russian military. He headed “militants” and stormed the airport in Simferopol with the Russian regular forces. UAT: Ukraine’s ex-officer tells how he helped Russian invaders...
Ukraine Marks 30 Years Since Chernobyl
April 26, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Trump’s new image-maker honed his ‘dark’ arts in Ukraine
The hiring of Manafort was an attempt to change the image of Yanukovich’s Party of Regions “from that of a haven for mobsters into that of a legitimate political party” by “tapping into the deep pockets of Donetsk clan godfather Rinat Akhmetov”. Soon after Manafort was hired, Yanukovich underwent a makeover. “Manafort dressed up Yanukovich,...
Fool me once
Mrs Merkel has become a steadfast ideological opponent. She has taken a firm stand against Russian aggression in Ukraine, and the campaign of lies deployed to legitimise it. Mr Putin cultivates links with parties on both the extreme right and the extreme left. Mr Putin excels at exploiting other countries’ weaknesses. Economist: Fool me...
Protesters Barricade City Hall in Ukraine’s Odessa
April 26, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
The Empire Trolls Back: How the U.S. Can Respond to Russian Propaganda
The goal of U.S. public diplomacy should be to establish the United States as a more credible, truthful, and honest broker of information than Russia. April 26, 2016 By Sean Keeley For the past two years, the Ukraine crisis has provoked a profound reassessment of the U.S.-Russian relationship. Western diplomats have been particularly troubled by...
Russia bans Mejlis, declares war on Crimean Tatar people while the West watches
A Crimean court has formally completed its criminalization of the Mejlis, or self-governing body of the Crimean Tatar people. There have been no serious threats of sanctions or other measures from European structures and western countries although this is a direct attack on the main indigenous people of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv...
Putin on the Prowl
By Congressman Tom Cole Insert_paragraph_text_here The world has rightfully taken notice of Russia’s role in the violence that is visibly escalating in the Middle East at the hands of ISIS. However, that unrest is not the only cause for international concern. More than two years after Russia forcibly annexed Crimea, it maintains a violent...
Ukraine’s New Concept Paper on Security and Defense Reform
Maksym Bugriy, a research fellow of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre, has contributed to the Eurasia Daily Monitor published by the Jamestown Foundation on the reform of Ukraine’s security and defense sector. Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 13 Issue: 79 …read more Source:...
