... comes from younger voices with much less experience. Such is the case for the “wisdom” of Henry Kissinger who has raised a plea for “reconciliation” between Ukrainian factions in the wake of the furtive Russian intervention in Crimea
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. Kissinger likewise asserted his opposition to Ukraine’s full membership of NATO and has called for Kiev to formally adopt a “neutral” and non-aligned status similar to that of Finland. In effect, Kissinger has urged the ...
... repercussions a protracted conflict in the Levant will have in the region, especially in view of Saudi Arabia’s aggressive promotion of radical Islam as a weapon of war, the Pentagon envisioned a different approach. As history will have it the Crimean crisis would come to put a spanner in the work, playing directly into Saudi Arabia’s hands.
As noted by Chris Bambery – political analyst – to RT on Tuesday, “The sudden shipment of anti-tank missiles to Syrian rebels ...
... likely the lament privately voiced by many in the corridors of American and European power. Obama’s recent trip to Europe to shore up greater resolve and commitment for strengthening sanctions and isolating (or is it shaming?) Russia after the Crimea annexation (or is it secession?) was fairly uneventful. The fact of the matter is no one in Europe seems to be all that eager to truly push violent confrontation with Russia as long as Russia doesn’t seem intent on trying to obtain other ...
... think tanks in China have kindly agreed to share their comments on the Ukrainian crisis, the implications of sanctions against Russia, Russian policies in this area, and the position of the Chinese government.
Jian Yi
, expert on Russian diplomacy:
Crimea’s independence or its accession to Russia is the worst-case scenario
Zhang Hong
, an expert on Ukraine:
Russia cannot count on Chinese support over the issue of a referendum on the independence of Crimea
Li Yajun
, an expert of Russian policies: ...
... not yet made a statement on Ukraine. All the pluralism of views and opinions notwithstanding, the overwhelming majority of comments boil down to two theses.First, they focus on only one dimension of the multidimensional Ukrainian crisis – on the Crimean dimension. Second, out of the broad range of available options and recommendations to the West only one recommendation is discussed in detail – how to punish Russia with sanctions.
Such an approach, in my view, reveals either a lack of the ...
Ankara
’s spotlight on Crimea events is defined by the numerous Tatar community on the peninsula and Black Sea interests
On March 25, RIAC hosted a roundtable on Russian-Turkish relations held in partnership with RAS Institute for Oriental Studies and Turkish Global Relations ...
... Shufrich and the former Prime Minister, recently-freed-from-prison, media darling Yulia Tymoshenko. The recording, which lasts just over two minutes, pulls no punches as Tymoshenko and Shufrich basically excoriate everyone associated with the events in Crimea, regretting they are not able to, in turn, shoot people in the head, fire nuclear weapons on them, and march down to Crimea themselves and start an armed retaliation campaign against all those who were for the referendum to secede from Ukraine ...
Interviews with RIAC experts
After President Vladimir Putin signed the treaty on Crimea's accession to Russia on March18, 2014 the imposition of U.S. and EU sanctions against Moscow has become more likely. We have met Vladimir Baranovsky, Deputy Director of RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RAS Academician ...
These are the days of our Spring discontent. It is ironic to consider that as events continue to unfold in Crimea the path that might hold the most hope for future peace and stability is the one that guarantees all sides being at least somewhat disappointed. Allow me to elaborate:
Why Ukraine should be disappointed: Crimea is done. As the famous Southern ...
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(
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
):
At minimum – long-lasting estrangement, at maximum – war
Sergey Kovalenko
(
Economic Reform Coordination Center mandated by the President of Ukraine, till January 2014
):
The rest of Ucraine does not object to Crimea's being a part of Russia should the process have gone peacefully
Maksim Bugriy
Maksim Bugriy: Ukrainian–Russian relations: ‘Cold Peace’
Non-Resident Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation
The likely accession of Crimea to the Russian ...
