Ukraine’s Post-War Property Rights

Upcoming Event: Next Thursday, April 21st, join New America and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to discuss the measures policymakers must put in place right now to increase chances of a successful post-war restitution effort, and what Ukrainian refugees can do to improve their odds of reclaiming what they left behind. 

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Read: Tim Robustelli analyzes the challenge of restoring property rights for the quarter of Ukraine's population who have fled the Russian invasion. How can residents prove ownership if they lack formal documentation? What rights do Ukrainians have to restitution if their homes have been destroyed? Tim discusses the relevant international law and what policymakers can do now to expedite the process. 

Read the blog post here.

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New America Experts in the News

• War crimes: Daniel Rothenberg wrote that the U.S. should investigate Russian aggression in Ukraine as genocide in CNN.
• Arming an insurgency? Alex Stark discussed lessons for arming a Ukrainian insurgency from the proxy wars literature in Lawfare, with Vladimir Rauta.
• Facial recognition goes to war: “It will be increasingly hard for future warriors to keep their identity secret, just as for regular civilians walking down your own city streets,” Peter Singer told the New York Times.
• Lessons for China: Peter Singer wrote about the lessons China is taking from the Ukraine War in Defense One, with Thomas Corbett and Ma Xiu.
• COVID crisis: ​​The war continues to intertwine with the ongoing pandemic, a dynamic New America tracks via its Covid Daily Brief. The invasion has, per the Washington Post, disrupted Russia’s efforts to promote its Sputnik V vaccine globally. It also continues to reshape perceptions of the state of the economy and its ability to move past the pandemic’s impact, and the Ukrainian refugee crisis contributed to pressure on the Biden administration over its use of public health authorities at the border.