Eurasia Press & News
The overwhelming support for a UN resolution condemning Russia’s invasion shows that countries around the world see it as attacking global norms. Yet policymakers also view the crisis in terms of their own national interest. Crisis Group experts assess the war from thirteen vantage points. On 2 March, the UN …
Read More »What Caused The Post–Cold War Stalemate Over NATO – OpEd
As the invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, those seeking to understand how such a tragedy could come to pass would do well to pick up M.E. Sarotte’s new book Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post–Cold War Stalemate. Sarotte, the Kravis Professor of Historical Studies at …
Read More »Moldova Could Be the Next Flashpoint in Europe’s Standoff With Putin
As the war in Ukraine enters its second week, the continent’s eyes are already turning toward neighboring Moldova. The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, made an emergency visit there yesterday, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a last-minute visit next door to Romania. The main …
Read More »Thermobaric rockets: Russia’s most fearsome weapon that could destroy a city block in a single shot
As the fighting in Ukraine intensifies in its largest cities, fears are rising that a war of attrition will mean an escalation of violence and the use of ever more deadly weapons. On Saturday, a CNN correspondent captured footage of what appeared to be a TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system being …
Read More »Ukraine: Russian space chief suggests ISS could crash into US or Europe as a result of sanctions
The head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has suggested that the International Space Station (ISS) could fall out of orbit and crash into the United States or Europe as a result of sanctions on Russia. The comments came following US president Joe Biden’s announcement of new sanctions that “will …
Read More »Ukraine war: What part is hackers’ collective Anonymous playing in the war effort against Russia?
They’re mysterious, they’re disruptive, and they’ve picked their side in the war pitting Russia against Ukraine. The hacker collective Anonymous has claimed credit for several cyberattacks that took down Russian government websites and state-backed news outlets in recent days. On Monday, several prominent Russian media services appeared to have been …
Read More »Interview with Hans-Jakob Schindler
In a recent interview with EER, Hans-Jakob Schindler gave his take on the evolution of Al Qaeda and its changing role in the current world of Islamist terrorism. According to the analyst, Al Qaeda was, until 2019, a very hierarchically organized centralized organization, where it had its center in Afghanistan, …
Read More »Europe’s response to Ukraine crisis: More gas, but from elsewhere
Facing the prospect of Putin turning off the gas taps to Europe in tit for tat sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the focus is on finding LNG from “more reliable partners”. EU prime ministers last night adopted the harshest sanctions regime …
Read More »Ukraine-Russia war puts limelight back on bitcoin – and its carbon footprint
Bitcoin prices are climbing once again and while bitcoin mining is likely to come under renewed fire for its energy consumption, this should not prove fatal for the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin prices jumped by 13% on Tuesday on the back of new Western sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. …
Read More »Risks to energy markets as SWIFT ban against Russia goes ahead
All eyes are on Russia’s oil and gas flows as the nation is barred from the international payment system SWIFT. The US, Canada, and a number of EU states announced a new series of sanctions against Russia over the weekend in light of its ongoing attack on Ukraine. The new …
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