Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why Sweden Still Hasn’t Joined NATO
Sweden is one of Europe’s fiercest critics of Russia’s actions against Ukraine, but NATO membership is out for now US President Barack Obama just hosted the leaders of the countries that he wishes the rest of the world would emulate. During the Nordic-United States summit, the president had a chance to repeat to his Scandinavian...
Film Screening: “A Struggle for Home: The Crimean Tatars”
This documentary film tells the rich and often tragic story of the Crimean Tatars. It features interviews with Crimean residents, historians, survivors of the 1944 deportation, Russian nationalists, and Tatar activists. The film won Best International Film at the 2016 D.C. Independent Film Festival. Please join us for a film showing and a panel...
Architects of Disastrous Iraq War Still at Large
‘Shock and awe’ over Baghdad, 2003.Bombs going off in Iraq? Well, it happens all the time — what’s there to see? Let’s all move along shall we? On Thursday, at least 13 people were killed in a ISIS attack on a café in Baghdad for the “crime” of watching a football match. The day before at least 88 people were killed in...
Holding the West Together Over Russia
Transatlantic TakeThe West has been tested by Russia in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and has passed the test to date. While much of the discussion both in Europe and North America has focused on various aspects of the nature of Putin’s policies and the possible future dangers they may pose, not enough attention has been given to the...
New Police Force Finds Old Habits Die Hard in Ukraine
May 17, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine’s Eurovision Win Rouses a Chorus of Anger and Suspicion in Russia
May 17, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Moves to Restrict Extremists’ Travel
Parliamentarians say new legislation is aimed at suspected terrorists, but critics say it could be used against enemies of the Kremlin. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Abe’s Russia plan: Will it work?
In a widely publicised meeting at Sochi on May 6, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was a very important meeting where Abe showed tenacious resolve to bring about a new turnaround in the bilateral relations which have hit a road block since the Ukraine crisis in 2014. While Putin has not visited …...
The Crimean Tatars and the Politics of Eurovision
Ukraine’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest is as much a political message as a vote on musical taste. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Tip of the Ukraine Iceberg: After the Dutch EU Referendum
Despite Kiev’s official rhetoric, the national consensus on integration with the EU is increasingly fragile. Pro-Russian forces are reasserting themselves in the southeast, while ultra-right activists are campaigning against the European Union in the west. On top of that, the current pro-European government has no real achievements to boast...
