Radio Free Acton: John Horvat on Order; Samuel Gregg on Chaos
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, we speak with John Horvat, author of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society, about what’s gone wrong with our economy and culture and how to fix it. John’s book was featured this year at Acton University (you can pick up a copy for yourself at the link above), and...
There is no sign that some massive military campaign in Donbas has begun
Pro-Russian rebels mounted one of the heaviest attacks on government troops since a February peace accord, Ukraine said, as the two sides blamed each other for a surge in fighting in the country’s east, the Bloomberg writes. “There’s no sign that some massive military campaign has begun,” Yuriy Yakymenko, an analyst at the Razumkov...
OSCE Strengthens Capacity of Ukrainian NGOs in Trial Monitoring
KYIV, 15 July 2015 – OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) jointly with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) completed a two-day training for Ukrainian non-governmental organizations on best practices in trial monitoring. The training is aimed at Ukrainian NGOs activists who already have background and experience...
OSCE/ODIHR workshop focuses on international and Ukrainian political party regulation reform
172636 Measures to make political parties in Ukraine and in the wider OSCE region more transparent and accountable were the focus of an expert workshop jointly organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the partners. They included the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Ukrainian...
The main criterion for performance of the military–industrial complex should not be profit but meeting the needs of the front
The Ukrainian defence sector have achieved some success but its performance is traditionally overstated. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Production growth by 36 times is dramatic but what is behind...
American, EU Brass Urge Macedonian Compromise, Russian Troops Accused of Desertion
Plus, a gun battle underlines Kyiv’s weakness in the face of organized crime, and Georgia accuses Russia of seizing territory atop a trans-Caucasus oil pipeline. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Does the ADA give the US moral legitimacy as a global disability rights leader?: The view from Russia and Ukraine
Human Rights play an important role in US-Russia relations.Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Cassandra Vindicated: Baltic Perceptions of NATO’s ‘New Deterrence’ of Russia
Interviews with Baltic State policy-makers suggest recent NATO efforts at reassurance are not sufficiently far-reaching …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Prospects for a More Western-Integrated Ukraine
Europe must be clear about what it can offer Ukraine as the latter loosens its economic ties with Russia and undergoes a process of reform …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Serbia’s Premier Denounces Srebrenica Attack, Romania’s Ponta Faces Graft Charges
Plus, the deeds of a fabled Red Army unit may have been more fiction than fact, and Moldovans march for a union with Romania. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
