Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Dutch voters reject EU-Ukraine association
Dutch voters on Wednesday (6 April) rejected a European pact with Ukraine in a referendum seen as a barometer of anti-EU feeling, dealing an embarrassing blow to the government in charge of the rotating EU presidency, sending shockwaves throughout the Union. …read more Source:...
What European Values if Dutch Referendum Result Stands?
It is hard to find the words to express the sense of betrayal. Are the deaths on Maidan, the persecution, and courage to have no meaning because of a pseudo referendum with questionable motives, arguments taken straight out of the propaganda Russia used to justify its aggression against Ukraine and highly dubious funding? …read more Source:...
Putin’s National Guard will be allowed to shoot at protesters without warning
Officers of the newly created ‘National Guard’ will be allowed to shoot without warning and use armoured vehicles and water cannon against demonstrators Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has already made it clear that the fighters can be used against “unauthorized mass protests”. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukraine Power Grid Hacking: Could it Happen in the United States?
In December, a portion of the Ukrainian power grid was hit with a cyber attack. The perpetrators wiped data from SCADA systems (the industrial controls behind power grids), disrupted power to tens of thousands of customers, and blinded grid operators with an attack against the power company’s phone systems. …read more Source: Belfer...
Obama Silent on Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, While Putin Plans Shuttle Diplomacy
Absence of US Leadership May Have Consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and Beyond The United States has been conspicuously absent during the latest crisis over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK). The White House has not yet issued a statement on this unprecedented uptick in violence. US Secretary of State John Kerry’s...
New Schedule for Minsk Implementation Urgently Needed
For several months, the Minsk peace process has been in a stalemate. Meetings of the Trilateral Contact Group and the Normandy Four have failed to make progress on the issue of elections in the Russian-occupied areas of the Donbas.The fourth provision of the Minsk II agreement envisages that local elections should be discussed “in accordance with...
“Ilham Aliyev was convinced that Azerbaijan in the United States have good friends.”
Ex-Minister Temur Yakobashvili, “Ilham Aliyev was convinced that Azerbaijan in the United States have good friends.” Wars does not go between civilizations but within civilizations. April 6, 2016 Author: Interview by Akbar Hasanov Fighting continues in Karabakh. The Armenian side has continued its provocations and after Azerbaijan agreed to sign...
Report: Putin’s Third Term: Assessments Amid Crisis
March 12, 2015 The year 2014 was a turbulent one for Russia, prompting questions about the country’s long-term trajectory under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin. Can Russia rebound from its current economic crisis? What, if any, vestiges of cooperation with the West exist amid the crisis in Ukraine and beyond? What is the...
Ukraine to Ban Imports of Russian Oil Products
April 6, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
America Can’t Be the World’s Nuclear Police
Doug Bandow Donald Trump is once again causing consternation among world leaders. His remarks about South Korea and Japan developing nuclear weapons have set off a minor firestorm. “It would be catastrophic were the United States to shift its position and indicate that we support somehow the proliferation of nuclear weapons to additional...
