Taking Stock: Implications of the Riga Summit for the South Caucasus
Prior to its start, the European Union’s May 21–22 Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Riga was widely anticipated, given that the previous summit in Vilnius had been overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and newly evident Russian expansionism. Russia’s aggressive policies caused concerns in those various post-Soviet states under...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for restraint following recent escalation in violence in eastern Ukraine
BELGRADE, 4 June 2015 –OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today condemned the latest surge in violence in eastern Ukraine, and called on all parties to return to the negotiating table, pursue a political solution to the conflict through the Trilateral Contact Group and its working groups, as well as to...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 3 June 2015
This report is provided for the media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and significant caution regarding security considerations *. The SMM observed a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire...
OSCE brings together Aarhus Centres from 14 countries to discuss environmental challenges and opportunities for co-operation
VIENNA, 4 June 2015 – Environmental co-operation, networking and partnerships were the focus of the two-day Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, which concluded in Vienna today. Aarhus Centre Managers and Aarhus Convention National Focal Points from Albania,...
Reports on Russia’s War in Ukraine Are Presented in Washington D.C.
On May 28, the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. hosted a presentation of two reports on the war in Ukraine. The first report, Putin: War, draws on materials collected by the late Boris Nemtsov and his allies and was presented in English for the first time. The other report, Putin’s War in Ukraine: Hiding in Plain Sight, was prepared by...
UN Cites More Abuses in Crimea, Kazakhstan Vies for Uranium Bank
Plus, an Uzbekistani rights activist alleges abuse and humiliation, and Azerbaijan throws cash at the European Games. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kyiv and the regions
Ukraine has been an over-centralised state since its independence from the Soviet Union, but now the notion of “decentralisation” has taken hold in even tiny villages. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Europe Cannot Afford to Wobble Over Ukraine
European leaders should not be tempted into believing that Russia has been humiliated since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The price of such thinking would be incalculable. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Stumbling towards conflict with Russia?
When Rip Van Winkle fell into a deep sleep and awoke 20 years later, he found that his world had changed almost beyond recognition. But, were today’s Rip Van Winkle to sleep for no more than a year and a half, he would awake to a radically different Russian-American relationship—and not just different, but dangerous to the point where...
Soros Seeks to Expand War in Ukraine…Why?
Hacked emails show billionaire George Soros is fighting to save the US-backed president of Ukraine. He promised President Poroshenko to call up US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and ask for some more money for Ukraine. He is demanding that the US start supplying weapons to Ukraine to attack separatists in the east. Tune in to the Liberty Report for...
