The Future of Europe Depends on This Vote in the Netherlands
(Photo: Flickr / Moyan Brenn) The future of Europe is being decided this week in the Netherlands. Perhaps you thought that the European Union’s fate would be voted up or down in June, when the United Kingdom holds its referendum on continued membership. The “leave now” constituency in the UK currently holds a four-point lead, though much...
Putin Carves Out Praetorian Guard
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Dutch Euroskeptics Win the Day
The Dutch referendum on April 6 was not only about a trade accord between the EU and Ukraine. It was also about Europe’s future. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
What European Values if Dutch Referendum Result Stands?
It is hard to find the words to express the sense of betrayal. Are the deaths on Maidan, the persecution, and courage to have no meaning because of a pseudo referendum with questionable motives, arguments taken straight out of the propaganda Russia used to justify its aggression against Ukraine and highly dubious funding? …read more Source:...
Putin’s National Guard will be allowed to shoot at protesters without warning
Officers of the newly created ‘National Guard’ will be allowed to shoot without warning and use armoured vehicles and water cannon against demonstrators Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has already made it clear that the fighters can be used against “unauthorized mass protests”. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukraine Power Grid Hacking: Could it Happen in the United States?
In December, a portion of the Ukrainian power grid was hit with a cyber attack. The perpetrators wiped data from SCADA systems (the industrial controls behind power grids), disrupted power to tens of thousands of customers, and blinded grid operators with an attack against the power company’s phone systems. …read more Source: Belfer...
Fine-Tuning EU Support for Ukrainian Democratization
The EU needs to step up its support for Ukraine’s still-fragile democracy, focusing on the three areas of conditionality, decentralization, and engagement with civil society. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Alleged Doomday Cult Members Detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Russian police detained several alleged members of the banned Aum Shinrikyo religious group on 5 April. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Can Ukraine Achieve Reform Breakthrough?
Tue19AprInvitation OnlyResearch EventCan Ukraine Achieve Reform Breakthrough?19 Apr 2016 – 14:30 to 18:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London, UKRussia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsHilb Vyshlinski, Executive Director, Centre for Economic Strategy, UkraineJohn Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia...
Referendum in the Netherlands: A Vote on the EU or a Vote on the European Path of Ukraine?
Today the Netherlands hold a referendum on the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine. The latest polls show a small lead for the opponents of the Agreement. …read more Source: Konrad Adenauer...
