IWP to Take Part in Establishing the New Public Council at the MFA
The IWP director, Alyona Getmanchuk, joined to the initiative group to form a new Public Council (Hromadska Rada) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. …read more Source: Institute of World...
IWP Organized Study Visit of US Thought Leaders to Ukraine
On 8-10 February of 2017 the IWP organized a study visit for 18 opinion leaders from the USA to Ukraine. The study visit was a gathering of a selective group of experts, journalists, and think-tankers from the United States. …read more Source: Institute of World...
A European security architecture that won’t work
Mike O’Hanlon is a great colleague, and we have collaborated in the past, including on a book on nuclear arms control. However, we do not agree on everything. Author Steven Pifer Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center on the United States and EuropeDirector – Arms Control and...
Sex Ed in Moldova: Easier Said Than Done
Despite several legislative attempts, and support at many level of society, the subject remains off-limits to the vast majority of Moldovan students. From Ziarul de Garda. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Against All Odds
Above: General Morozov inspecting troops of a tank unit at the Yavoriv Training Range in Western Ukraine, 1992 Kostiantyn Morozov and the Unlikely Establishment of Ukraine’s Military Researchers like to share archive war stories: traveling across the world to review foreign archives, cutting through red tape to obtain access, deciphering...
Finalising the DCFTA is Expected to Bring Multiple Benefits to Ukraine
The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTA) negotiations between the European Union and Ukraine began in 2018, after the country joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Despite having started on the wave of the Orange Revolution of 2003-2004, they were continued, or even accelerated, by President Viktor Yanukovych, who was elected in...
A Very Good Prospect for Future Biogas Development
The National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) till 2020 establishes the general goals for the development of the renewable energy sources’ (RES) sector in Ukraine. According to Ukraine’s commitments as an Energy Treaty member, the RES share in the gross final energy consumption should reach 11 per cent by 2020. Biomass-to-energy...
IWP Took Part in the UkraineLab 2017 in Brussels
IWP analyst Daria Gaidai represented the Institute of World policy at the UkraineLab 2017: Fair of project ideas in Support of Reforms in Ukraine, which was organised by the Ukrainian Think Tanks Liaison Office in Brussels on the 22nd February 2017. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Office Space Remains Available in Demand in Kyiv
In 2016, the total stock of office space in Kyiv amounted to 1,783 square metres. The new supply was insignificant, a mere 38,000 square metres and was the market’s lowest increase since 2008. 2016 was characterised by an increase in the number of lease transactions in Grade A and B business centres. Against the background of the...
Ukraine’s Reputation for Cheap Labour May Not Ring True in the Long-term
Since gaining its dependence Ukraine’s economic and political priorities have been to attract foreign investors. Ukraine is a country with a population of 45 million. The country’s leadership’s main arguments to attract foreign investors have been its abundant and cheap labour force as well as a large market and fast growth of...
