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<h3><em>Latest analysis on the unfolding crisis in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.</em></h3>
<h2><img style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="Russia Military Options Against Ukraine" src="http://www.rusi.org/images/library/LI533EECAD480BB.jpg" alt="Russia Military Options Against Ukraine" width="200" height="152" />Latest Briefing</h2>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.rusi.org/news/ref:N533EEE036731B/#.Uz7vg-Bbwrw">Possible Military Strategies Against Ukraine</a><br /></strong><em>Based on current knowledge, expert insight and research, RUSI has published a briefing setting out four military scenarios that now have to be factored into the political calculations for Russian and Ukranian militaries.</em></p>
<p><em>Scroll down for the latest analysis.</em></p>
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Russia’s Continued Aggression Against Ukraine: Illegal Actions in the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov
RUSI Journal, 25 April 2019
Stephen Lewis
The state of conflict imposes specific international legal rights and obligations on both Russia and Ukraine.
Tags: Ukraine, Russia
Considering a UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Donbas
Conference Reports, 20 February 2019
Ewan Lawson
In December 2018, the RUSI Military Sciences research group organised its annual wargame to examine some of the challenges of establishing a peacekeeping mission in Eastern Ukraine
Tags: United Nations, Ukraine, Military Sciences, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Roundtable to Discuss Russian Involvement in Ukraine's Elections
Conference Reports, 7 February 2019
Ewan Lawson
A RUSI roundtable in January 2019 discussed Russia's involvement in elections in Ukraine, in light of the country's upcoming election. Tools for involvement have included political destabilisation, media manipulation, and economic interconnection. Participants discussed Ukraine's resistance to influence and the need for further study.
Tags: Leadership Centre, Ukraine, Global Strategy and Commitments, Russia, Military Sciences, International Responses, Law and Ethics, Resilience
Book Review: NATO’s Return to Europe: Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond
RUSI Journal, 28 January 2019
Christian Nünlist
Christian Nünlist reviews NATO’s Return to Europe: Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond, edited by Rebecca R Moore and Damon Coletta.
Tags: NATO, Ukraine, Russia, Defence Policy, International Institutions, Europe
""Martial law was an attempt to demonstrate that Ukraine could and would respond, without provoking further escalation. In that sense it succeeded and did not need to remain in effect." "
Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia
In The News, 29 December 2018 Tags: Ukraine, Military Sciences
Ukraine’s Impractical Martial Law
Commentary, 19 December 2018
Sébastien Gobert
Ukraine’s decision to impose martial law in parts of its territory in the wake of the latest Russian military provocation is not helpful and does not answer Ukraine’s strategic weaknesses.
Tags: Civil–Military Relations, Ukraine, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Martial Power Programme, Law and Ethics, Military Personnel, National SecurityPages
Ukraine’s Impractical Martial Law
Commentary, 19 December 2018Sébastien Gobert
Ukraine’s decision to impose martial law in parts of its territory in the wake of the latest Russian military provocation is not helpful and does not answer Ukraine’s strategic weaknesses.
Civil–Military Relations, Ukraine, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, Martial Power Programme, Law and Ethics, Military Personnel, National Security
Sea of Azov Crisis: Ukraine and Russia Clash, as do Competing Visions of European Security
Commentary, 12 December 2018Wojciech Pawlus
Ukraine’s current predicament is a reminder of how Western governments have failed to anchor the country in existing security structures
Ukraine, International Security Studies, Russia, Global Security Issues, History
Russia Unlikely to Walk Away from Ukraine Agreements, but Tense Times Lie Ahead
Commentary, 5 September 2018Emily Ferris
The recent assassination of a rebel leader in Ukraine spotlights the region’s murky realities, but probably won’t influence the current political stalemate over the Ukraine crisis.
RUSI International, Ukraine, Global Strategy and Commitments, Russia, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Ukraine Five Years On: Enduring Challenges
Commentary, 24 August 2018Adam Coffey
Today, Friday 24 August, Ukraine holds its fifth Independence Day parade since the Maidan revolution. Five years on, the country still holds a unique position as a key geopolitical challenge for many alliances and governments around the world.
NATO, Ukraine, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues, National Security
Ukraine Declares ‘Anti-Terrorist Operation in the Donbas’ Officially Over: What Does That Mean?
Commentary, 16 May 2018Adam Coffey
A recent change in the way Ukraine describes the separatist conflict on its territory is not just about branding; it is also about the search for a more successful strategy
Ukraine, Global Security IssuesPages
Russia’s Continued Aggression Against Ukraine: Illegal Actions in the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov
RUSI Journal, 25 April 2019Stephen Lewis
The state of conflict imposes specific international legal rights and obligations on both Russia and Ukraine.
RUSI Journal, Ukraine, Russia
Considering a UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Donbas
Conference Reports, 20 February 2019Ewan Lawson
In December 2018, the RUSI Military Sciences research group organised its annual wargame to examine some of the challenges of establishing a peacekeeping mission in Eastern Ukraine
United Nations, Ukraine, Conference Reports, Military Sciences, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Roundtable to Discuss Russian Involvement in Ukraine's Elections
Conference Reports, 7 February 2019Ewan Lawson
A RUSI roundtable in January 2019 discussed Russia's involvement in elections in Ukraine, in light of the country's upcoming election. Tools for involvement have included political destabilisation,...
Leadership Centre, Ukraine, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, Russia, Military Sciences, International Responses, Law and Ethics, Resilience
Book Review: NATO’s Return to Europe: Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond
RUSI Journal, 28 January 2019Christian Nünlist
Christian Nünlist reviews NATO’s Return to Europe: Engaging Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond, edited by Rebecca R Moore and Damon Coletta.
RUSI Journal, NATO, Ukraine, Russia, Defence Policy, International Institutions, Europe
Book Review: Putin’s War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime
RUSI Journal, 26 July 2018Adam Coffey
Adam Coffey reviews Putin’s War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime, by Taras Kuzio
RUSI Journal, Ukraine, RussiaPages
Ukraine’s Security and Its Importance for the UK
Conference, 8 October 2018RUSI and The Atlantic Council together with the British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce are holding a one-day conference in London to look at current developments in Ukraine, and their implications for...
RUSI International, Ukraine, UK, Global Security Issues
""Martial law was an attempt to demonstrate that Ukraine could and would respond, without provoking further escalation. In that sense it succeeded and did not need to remain in effect.""
Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia
In The News, 29 December 2018 Tags: Ukraine, Military Sciences
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