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...
Dutch Parliament Keeps EU-Ukraine Deal Alive
EU treaty with Kyiv safe for now, as country also nears agreement on major prisoner swap with Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
65th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 20 April 2016 – The 65th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti. The meeting was co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Guenther Baechler, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South...
Dutch Court Overturns Massive Yukos Shareholder Award
Russia dismantled the oil company once run by Mikhail Khodorkovsky after the oligarch was jailed on fraud charges. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Authorities Act Against Crimean Tatars
Ban on political body called attempt to stamp out remaining critical voices on peninsula. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
HCSS: After the ‘no’, which options does the Dutch government have?
On the 6th of April Dutch voters dealt a blow to the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine. Although the referendum is only consultative in nature, it does represent a significant challenge for the Dutch… …read more Source: The Hague Centre for Strategic...
