Compiled by: William Cook, Greg O’Hare, and McKenzie O’Brien.
Legend:
Purple – Tentative link to organized crime
Yellow – Attempted killing
Green – Purpose of killing to serve as a message to others
Tag Archives: Central Europe and Eurasia
Intelligence Challenges in the 21st Century: Panel 2 on Current Intelligence Challenges
Join GSPIA’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center in presenting a conference on Intelligence Challenges in the 21st Century: Looking Back and Looking Forward. Panel 2 looks at the current challenges in dealing with strategic intelligence and security issues.
Erin Butkowski, GSPIA: The Unholy Trinity: An ACH on AQIM, Boko Haram, and al-Shabaab
Ted Masten, GSPIA: Shale Fracking, a catalyst for change in international security
GSPIA presents a Roundtable Discussion on Ukraine
Organized by Ted Masten, MPIA.
Roundtable: Ukraine in Crisis
Please join the International Security Organization and the Ridgway Center for a roundtable discussion on March 19th in Room 3911 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm. RSVP to EJM76 [at] pitt.edu.
GSPIA’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies presents Misha Glenny
Misha Glenny
Best-Selling Author and
Award-Winning Journalist
Russia-Ukraine – Energy Conflict
Author: John Pino
The transportation of energy, such as oil and natural gas, is a source of contention between Russia and Ukraine. The energy relationship between Russia and Ukraine affects all states in the region, both directly and indirectly. However, the Russo-Ukrainian energy issue is a symptom, not a cause, of the tensions that stem from several underlying problems.
Russia Regional Relations
Author: Matthew Regenbogen
Despite the collapse of the Soviet Union and the spread of democracy, market economies and civil society among former satellite states, Russia has not given up its aspirations for regional hegemony. The resulting conflict of interest between Moscow and its “near abroad,” has led many Eastern European nations to look to the West for security assurances. Currently, ten members of the now defunct Warsaw Pact have come under the protective umbrella of NATO, originally an exclusively Western institution.1 For Ukraine and Georgia, such an option is also appealing since Russian regional aspirations have threatened the security of both countries.2 For NATO these regional clashes raise concerns about energy security, instability and the overall relationship between the West and Russia.