Written by Marcin Grajewski.
The Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein group) of 54 countries supporting Kyiv in its struggle against Russia’s military aggression meets on 21 April to discuss sending more military equipment to Ukraine.
As President Vladimir Putin visited his commanders in regions of Ukraine under Moscow’s military occupation, Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated, symbolically important Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Poland, Ukraine’s neighbour and staunch ally, has banned imports of Ukrainian grain in defiance of EU trade policies, saying local prices of wheat had plummeted, causing protests from Polish farmers. Transport shipments would be restored after a deal to ensure that Poland would be only a transit country for the commodity. Meanwhile, Russia has cast doubt over whether it will agree to extend the agreement not to block Ukrainian shipments of grain via the Black Sea.
This note gathers links to the recent publications and commentaries from many international think tanks on Russia’s war on Ukraine. Earlier analyses of the war can be found in a previous edition of the ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking’ series.
Poland and Ukraine: The emerging alliance that could reshape Europe
Atlantic Council, April 2023
Arming Ukraine without crossing Russia’s red lines
Brookings Institution, April 2023
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine tested the international legal order
Brookings Institution, April 2023
No gains for Europe from latest pilgrimage to Beijing
Bruegel, April 2023
Ukraine’s total democratic resilience in the shadow of Russia’s war
Carnegie Europe, April 2023
Russian army in search of human reserves: Day 414 of the war
Centre for Eastern Studies, April 2023
The EU’s strategic energy partnership with the US after a year of war
Centre for Eastern Studies, April 2023
Expert insights: Russia and Ukraine
Clingendael, April 2023
EU-Ukraine strategy should include the Eurasian spine
Egmont, April 2023
Steppe change: How Russia’s war on Ukraine is reshaping Kazakhstan
European Council on Foreign Relations, April
The Zelensky-Lukashenka-Tsikhanouskaya triangle: Understanding Ukraine’s relationship with the Belarusian opposition
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2023
The art of vassalisation: How Russia’s war on Ukraine has transformed transatlantic relations
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2023
Advancing military mobility in Europe: An uphill battle
European Policy Centre, April 2023
Buying weapons together (or not)
European Union Institute for Security Studies, April 2022
Ukraine’s Integration with the EU in the context of the war
EUROPEUM, April 2023
Russian blackmail and the Black Sea Grain Initiative: The (limited) impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, April 2023
Judging Putin
Fondation Robert Schuman, April 2023
Humanitarian responses to the war in Ukraine: Stories from the grassroots
Foreign Policy Centre, April 2023
Sanctions against Russia: Are they working?
Friends of Europe, April 2023
TB2 Bayraktar : Grande stratégie d’un petit drone
Institut français des relations internationales, April 2023
Tackling the constraints on EU foreign policy towards Ukraine: From strategic denial to geopolitical awakening
Istituto Affari Internazionali, April 2023
Reframing Russian colonialism: Ukraine refuses to be the subaltern
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, April 2023
War in Ukraine, where quantity as well as quality matters
International Institute for Strategic Studies, April 2023
Ukraine’s strategy of attrition
International Institute for Strategic Studies, April 2023
Ukraine: The shock of recognition
International Institute for Strategic Studies, April 2023
Economic sanctions against Russia: How effective? How durable?
Peterson Institute for International Economics, April 2023
Stick with Europe
Rand Corporation, April 2023
Stalled in Ukraine, Kremlin increasingly turns to political theater
Rand Corporation, April 2023
Why blockading rather than retaking Crimea might be Kyiv’s best option
Rand Corporation, April 2023
Cyber operations in Russia’s war against Ukraine
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, April 2023
Ukraine’s reconstruction: Questions and common grounds
Vox Ukraine, April 2023
Ukraine, the defeat of Putin
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, March 2023
War, peace, and the international system after Ukraine
Brookings Institution, March 2023
What to do about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Brookings Institution, March 2023
Reforming the Ukrainian economy and state: The unfinished business
Bruegel, March 2023
Much of the Global South is on Ukraine’s side
Bruegel, March 2023
Is the EU doing enough for Eastern Europe?
Carnegie Europe, March 2023
The EU accession prospects of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2023
One year of war in Ukraine
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2023
After a year of arms deliveries to Ukraine, the EU needs to step up and speed up
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2023
Eurovision, war and the geopolitics of pop
Chatham House, March 2023
Russian nuclear intimidation
Chatham House, March 2023
Chinese supply chains could tip the balance in Ukraine
Chatham House, March 2023
How the Ukraine grain deal went from boon to burden for the Kremlin
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, March 2023
Population-centric: Lessons from Russia’s hybrid war in Moldova
European Council on Foreign Relations, March 2023
Ukraine’s accession talks need bold action in Kyiv and Brussels
European Policy Centre, March 2023
Where to now? Ukraine’s war is eclipsing the EU’s internal woes
Friends of Europe, March 2023
Global politics in the shadow of Ukraine
International Crisis Group, March 2023
The EU after one year of war: Widening, deepening, rebalancing
Istituto Affari Internazionali, March 2023
Russia’s war on Ukraine: A sanctions timeline
Peterson Institution for International Economics, March 2023
Ukraine’s reconstruction already on the agenda
Polish Institute of International Affairs, March 2023
One year after the invasion: Most Russians still back war in Ukraine
Polish Institute of International Affairs, March 2023
EU plans for increased ammunition production
Polish Institute of International Affairs, March 2023
Reviewing the Russian economy a year after the invasion of Ukraine
Polish Institute of International Affairs, March 2023
Refugees from Ukraine adapting to the European labour market
Polish Institute of International Affairs, March 2023
America’s dangerous short war fixation
Rand Corporation, March 2023
Framing sanctions: The role of governmental narrative-building
RUSI Europe, March 2023
Read this briefing on ‘Russia’s war on Ukraine‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
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