IS Plants a Flag in North Caucasus, No Serbian Trial for Ex-Bosniak Commander
Plus, Kosovo hits allegedly Iran-linked groups, and Hungary’s tobacco-trade reform raises competition concerns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Participation in the debate of the Bertelsmann Stiftung studies
On 18 June 2015, the Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn participated in the presentation and public debate of two studies commissioned and produced by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The first study deals with the perspective of economic growth in Ukraine and was prepared by the wiiw Vienna Institute for...
Meeting with representatives of the Paris Centre for International Studies
On 8 June 2015, a meeting with Anne de Tinguy, researcher at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), Paris, was held at the Razumkov Centre. The Razumkov Centre was represented by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes M. Pashkov. The participants discussed the problems and prospects of...
Participation in Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council
The Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Center V. Zamyatin made a short speech dedicated to the state of democracy in Ukraine to the members of the Sub-Committee on Transition and Development of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council. The discussion also touched on the situation in the Donbass, problems of...
Participation in activities of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Brussels and Berlin
On 3-5 June 2015, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy MELNYK took part in several events organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Brussels and Berlin. Ukrainian experts met with a group of Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the Foreign Relations Service...
Participation in the committee hearings on “Prospects for increasing extraction of domestic oil and gas for improving energy security of Ukraine”
On 9 June 2015, the Leading Expert of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Lohatskyi took part in a hearing at the Parliamentary Committee on the Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety, dedicated to the prospects and ways of increasing production of domestic oil and gas to enhance the energy security of Ukraine. The...
Participation in the meeting of the Сabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
On 9 June 2015, the Director of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko attended a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine V. Voshchevskyi, dedicated to the draft Law of Ukraine “On the National Committee Performing State Regulation in the Area of Energy and Utilities”...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №19
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular — domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №19 …read more Source: Razumkov...
A Flawed Report on Azerbaijan Nevertheless Tells Important Truths
A sign of the increasing uselessness of international bodies is that they have trouble getting the obvious right. Earlier this week, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) received a report on Azerbaijan’s democratic development. While the report itself was uneven (more on this below), it nevertheless almost got the most...
Saudi Arabia’s Unlikely Flirtation with Russia and Israel
Saudi Arabia’s recent courtship with Russia and Israel should be understood as a failure of the United States government to assure Saudi Arabia of their security. For much of the last 35 years Saudi Arabia has looked to the United States as a beacon of security and a source of political clout. This relationship was born out of, and in...
