What’s Up With Those Germans?
In the space of four years, Germany went from standing on the sidelines of the NATO-led intervention in Libya to playing a major role in the response to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Delhi ‘Cracks’ Brussels: India’s Mission to Access the European Market
The European Union and India might not seem like the most obvious of natural partners. Yet, as Professor Pascaline Winand writes, the story of their on-off engagement over the past 60-or-so years and their efforts to build a mature trade relationship have turned up a fascinating story of trade access and shifting realities. First encounters: New...
Putin’s Grudging Perestroika
There is a widespread view in the West that Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine and confrontational policies toward the United States and Europe are an attempt to revitalize aspects of its lost Soviet glory days. But if we look at some of the Kremlin’s domestic policy initiatives, we see a country struggling to become less “Soviet”...
Joint press statement of Trilateral Contact Group: Trilateral Contact Group launches activities of working groups advancing implementation of Minsk arrangements
MINSK, 6 May 2015 – The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, convened a meeting in Minsk today to inaugurate the activities of working groups. Representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions also took part in the meeting. The...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 5 May 2015
This report is for the media and 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 security considerations.* The SMM observed movement on both sides of the contact line. The SMM observed a significant amount of “DPR”...
Attending a round table “Strategy and Priorities of the Development of the Natural Gas Market in the Context of European Integration Aspirations of Ukraine”
On 23 April 2015, a round table Strategy and Priorities of the Development of the Natural Gas Market in the Context of European Integration Aspirations of Ukraine was held by the Expert Committee on the Issues of the Gas Industry and the Natural Gas Market, the Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Ukraine, and the National...
All talk about Russia’s peacefulness obviously means nothing
Co-director of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk commented on the national security strategy of Russia for the Novoye Vremiya magazine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Attending an analytical expert round table “Development Prospects for the Wind Energy Sector in Ukraine: Problems and Solutions”
The project of the new Energy Strategy of the country, developed by the Razumkov Centre, suggests to increase the generating capacity for renewable energy sources by 2.5 times, compared to 2012, by 2020. This was stated on 6 April 2015, during the analytical expert round table Development Prospects for the Wind Energy Sector in Ukraine: Problems...
Gazprom-Ukraine Feud Heats Up, Russian Miner Wins Kyrgyz Gold Tender
Plus, Nikolic’s Kosovo plan is a ‘last hope’ for relatives of vanished Serbs, and eastern Ukraine looks increasingly like western Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Previously the army was funded on the basis of complete saving
Director of Military Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi commented for the Tyzhden magazine on the funding of Ukrainian armed forces. …read more Source: Razumkov...
