The New White Paper 2016 – Promoting Greater Understanding of Security Policy?
Security policy White Papers perform several functions. They serve to inform the German Bundestag and the German public, outline the Federal Government’s security policy priorities with other countries, especially Germany’s most important partners, and assist communication within the Bundeswehr. The White Paper 2016 is the first of...
The IWP coordinated the “Index of European integration of Eastern Partnership countries”
The Institute of World Policy coordinated the project “Index of European integration of Eastern Partnership countries” from Ukraine. In Kyiv on November 1st a meeting of experts intending to take part in preparing research took place. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Lukashenka’s Unending Anti-Corruption Drive
The Belarusian president has carefully crafted his crusader image – a major factor in his staying power. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russians Up in Arms Over Movie on Last Tsar’s Love Affair
Morality police have dubbed Matilda unpatriotic, pornographic, and hurtful to the feelings of believers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kremlin ‘Black Budget’ Grows as Official Spending Drops
Most classified budget lines go to the military and security, but the actual amounts are not disclosed. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The External Energy Policy of Ukraine: The Past and the Future
Written by Andriy Chybuk, Oleh Hychka, Oleksandr Sushchenko, Energy Programme Research Team of the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism» After gaining independence in 1991, Ukraine became the owner of that part of the Soviet energy complex, which was located in Ukraine. However, the functioning of the national energy sector continued and...
Russia Tightens Screws Further on Civil Society
Politically charged trial of Ukrainian library head begins, while Amnesty International office in Moscow is in lockdown. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Belarus Cracks Open Door to Tourism
Restrictions have been eased for foreigners visiting some of the country’s attractions, but independent travelers will still have to obtain a visa. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Today, we are dealing with lack of confidence in political power and parties
42% of citizens favouring early elections – is certainly not a record figure. During the last years, this number had been even higher, exceeding, in some surveys, 50%. So today, we actually see a drop in the number of people who would like to hold early parliamentary elections. There is another problem. People primarily want to have early...
Hillary Clinton: A Hawk in the Wings
(Photo: CSIS/flickr) When Barack Obama was running for office in 2008, he was determined to redirect U.S. military efforts away from the “bad war” in Iraq and toward the “good war” in Afghanistan. This commitment to extricate the U.S. military from the dismal aftermath of a botched exercise in regime change earned Obama the exaggerated...
