Will Ukraine’s Parliament Accomplish Anything This Fall?
On September 5, a new political season began in Ukraine. Parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy has already branded parliament’s new plenary session “the autumn of reforms” by promising to deliver results on some of the most hot-button issues, including healthcare, pension, education, and judicial reforms …read more Source: Kharkiv...
FTAC: 9/11 – Sixteen Years of Accelerating, Expanding Conflict Between Archaic Worlds and the Modern One
The medieval worldview and its marriage to financial and political power may be archaic in the modern world. Faith in God and religion may be good things, but as demonstrated by the Islamists, by the Saudi Royals and their spreading of Wahhabi madrasas, and by related clerical wealth dependent on subscription plus political repression, too much...
Human rights groups warn of dangerous legislative offensive against NGOs in Ukraine
A coalition of major Ukrainian human rights organizations has added its voice to demands that Ukraine’s government put an end to the mounting attack on non-governmental organization …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia admits to abducting 19-year-old Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb
13 days after 19-year-old Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb vanished after entering Belarus, Russia’s FSB [Security Service] has admitted that he is in Russian custody in a Krasnodar SIZO [remand prison] …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Syria’s Shattered Future
Editor’s Note: This Deep Dive was adapted from a piece originally produced for the Valdai Discussion Club, an institute devoted to analyzing Russia’s place in the world. The full version can be accessed here. Summary It’s useful to look at the past to predict the future. Little that happens in the world is truly new, and lessons...
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Russia's ploy with UN forces in the Donbas
At the BRICS summit in China Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would propose a draft resolution on the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Donbas. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
“Proof that history can be changed”
Irina Scherbakova was born in 1949. She is a civil rights activist, historian, and German scholar. In 1988, she was one of the founding members of Memorial – the first Soviet human rights organization. Simone Brunner spoke with her: Ms. Scherbakova, two years ago a book consisting of a dialogue between you and the German historian Karl Schlögel...
Narrowing Perceptions Meet Sustained Disunity – Part 1
This paper was written for the ‘V4 for Europe — Developing positive scenarios for Europe’s future’ workshop, organised by the Hungarian Europe Society in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Budapest on 16 May 2017. Whereas foreign relations and security concerns have gained a broader and comprehensive understanding under...
Facing facts: Why the Great Famine in Ukraine still matters today
The Holodomor happened almost a century ago. It’s legacy still shapes contemporary conflict. …read more Source: Center for European Policy...
