Arranging the European symphony
Most university seminars on the European Union begin with a seemingly simple, yet in truth remarkably complex exercise: defining Europe. Some answers can be quite creative, ranging from definitions based on who partakes in the Eurovision Song Contest to geographic, cultural, as well as political definitions. Very clearly, Europe means different...
Georgia Strips Saakashvili of Citizenship
Now a Ukrainian citizen, the ex-president says the decision exposes the authorities as ‘scared and failed.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Probes Khodorkovsky Link to 1998 Murder
Ex-Yukos chief’s father was questioned in June after investigators said new evidence emerged about the killing. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
US-Soviet Relations on ‘Hair-Trigger’ Alert in 1983
Britain wants to bar the release of papers showing a close call between the Cold War superpowers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 6 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded a sharp spike in ceasefire violations on 6 December. It continued to note partial compliance in relation to the withdrawal of prohibited weapons from the security zone. It observed the presence of mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in several locations, with one of its patrol...
OSCE Troika Ministers discuss Panel of Eminent Persons’ final report
206306 Back to Diplomacy: Final Report and Recommendations of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project The conclusions of the final report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on …read more Source:...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: December 2015
Ukraine held local elections and made modest reform progress, while the economy improved slowly. But there are renewed concerns about the ceasefire in the east. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Biden Seeks to Reassure Ukraine
The American vice-president carries a message to Kyiv that Washington wants to see more progress in fighting corruption. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Modernity Versus Archaics
In the latest years globalization has made great progress, having left critically little space for archaics. The scared archaic societies have demonstrated an aggressive reaction, considering (not without reason) the current state of affairs in the world as a threat to their existence. This situation is particularly exemplified by Russia and the...
Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 5 December 2015: Armed individuals guarding heavy weapons in Yurivka fire into the air as SMM monitors tried to approach
At 9:24hrs on 5 December, an SMM patrol comprised of four SMM monitors and the SMM medical officer in two armoured vehicles arrived at a field in the vicinity of “Lugansk People’s Republic”(“LPR”)-controlled Yurivka (26km south-west of Luhansk), where the SMM had observed 12 towed howitzers (D-30, 122mm) during previous visits – in...
