Moscow’s Cheesed Off at Rise in Belarusian Imports
Bans and threats of more reprisals against Belarusian products reflect widening gap between the two once-tight neighbors. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Is Germany Serious about Defending Itself, Europe, and the West? Time for Europeans to Run NATO
Doug Bandow In recent history no European nation has demonstrated greater military prowess then Germany. That competence had tragic consequences in World War II and colors Berlin’s approach to the world today. However, more than seven decades after that horrendous conflict’s end Germany should take on the defense responsibilities...
Convert and Love: Russia’s Muslim Wives
Russian women marrying Muslim men convert to Islam in the certainty that a shared religion will strengthen their family, but most often cultural differences often win out. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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...
