Calm Before the Storm?
Counterterrorist operations targeting jihadists in Russia have largely proven successful in the past three years. Still, there are reasons to worry that large-scale terrorism might return. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Press Freedom Index Remains a Depressing Read
Post-Soviet states again do miserably while Poland and Hungary drop down in the rankings. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Hroisman’s government can achieve some success but a breakthrough should not be expected
The appointment of Volodymyr Hroisman as a prime minister will allow to avoid a parliamentary election for at least several months. This was said by Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Zamiatin in his comment to the website Ostrov. “At least for some time, Volodymyr Hroisman will be loyal to the...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №4 (33)
The new issue of the Razumkov Centre Newsletter contains articles and interviews of our experts on the most important issues of Ukraine’s life in the areas of national security and defence, economy, energy, internal, external and social policy. In the issue: “Accepting DNR and LNR as Part of Ukraine is Equal to Drinking Poison”; “An...
Germany and the European Neighbourhood Policy: Balancing Stability and Democracy in a Ring of Fire
Photo: fdecomite In 2004, the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was launched to create ‘a ring of friends’ at the external EU border. From today’s perspective, the policy has failed. The EU’s Eastern and Southern neighbourhood is destabilised by civil war, regional conflicts and terrorist networks, fuelling irregular migration...
Connectography
In Connectography, Parag Khanna presents a radical new take on American strategy: Connectivity rather than countries are the way to think about the 21st century. The most connected powers and people will be the most successful. Khanna shows how mankind is re-engineering planet earth, investing up to $10 trillion per year in transportation,...
Nuclear Security After NSS2016: Still Bridging the Gaps?
In his famous 2009 Prague Address, President Obama announced “a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years.” The result was a series of biennial Nuclear Security Summits that have brought world leaders together to cooperate on securing nuclear material from terrorism since 2010. More than...
Ukraine: a new government, as a result of a compromise between the President and the oligarchs
On 14 April, the Ukrainian parliament approved a new government led by Volodymyr Hroisman, as well as his programme (in a separate vote). …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
U.S.-Russian relations beyond Obama
Vladimir Putin certainly has a remarkable ability to woo American presidents and presidential aspirants. The budding bromance between the Russian strongman and Donald Trump is only the latest example. George W. Bush famously looked into his eyes and took stock, favorably, of Putin’s soul back in the early days of their respective...
IWP will present “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Austria”
On April 28 the Institute of World Policy is going to present a discussion paper “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Austria”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
