Triple Edge Resources

Hosted at FAS Intelligence Resource Program; cited in Nuclear Thread

Index of names from the samizdat human-rights bulletin

Policy analysis of the Ukraine conflict through the lens of economic-military power balance — assesses the effectiveness of EU sanctions and lessons for future policy.

Chapter abstract page; full text behind institutional access

Archival collection catalogue record

Chernyaev’s raw 1980 diary reaction to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; describes global condemnation, Brezhnev as emotionally reactive, internal disillusionment with Soviet propaganda

IAEA Chernobyl Forum proceedings

Documents how British media and political culture systematically demonised the working class while obscuring the structural causes of poverty and inequality.

Chatham House paper describing NATO expansion as exercise of free will; important counterpoint in NATO debate

Primary texts of both veto press conferences; direct PDF

IOM publication record

Washington Post analysis by Michael Dobbs published the day after the Berlin Wall fell; assesses how the cascade of Eastern Bloc changes became an unexpected political bonus for Gorbachev’s reform agenda.

Intellectual root of the European dialogue-with-Russia tradition. Flag: Scribd host — replace with an institutional source (CVCE or German History in Documents) before publication

Top Secret CC CPSU resolution responding to liquidators’ letter describing ‘unacceptably heartless, bureaucratic attitude’ toward workers who fought the disaster. Documents systemic suppression of worker welfare concerns.

Original Russian and translated versions; triggered chain reaction allowing Gorbachev to force transparency reforms

First two operational group sessions; members include Ryzhkov, Ligachev, Chebrikov. Documents initial crisis management, military decontamination and information suppression strategy.

Second protocol: radiation management across European USSR, Ministry of Defence cleanup, monitoring of international students; Akhromeyev on remote equipment failing and replacement by ‘biorobots’ — soldiers

First protocol: radiation measurement, Pripyat evacuation, chemical troops. Published thanks to Alla Yaroshinskaya after the August 1991 coup

ESI investigation into Azerbaijan’s systematic bribery of Council of Europe members — how Baku used luxury gifts, cash and caviar to silence criticism of its human rights record in the Parliamentary Assembly.

ESI full investigation into the Azerbaijan lobbying operation — documents specific payments to PACE members and the suppression of human rights monitoring.

Legal analysis of US reservations to UN human rights treaties — argues the US systematically uses reservations to avoid binding human rights obligations while projecting rights rhetoric abroad.

Preston City Council / CLES community wealth building case study