OSCE Representative condemns repressive actions against journalists in Crimea, Ukraine; calls for immediate release of journalist
VIENNA, 13 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović condemned the intimidation of independent journalists in Crimea following the detention today of Natalya Kokorina, a journalist and editor with the news portal Crimean Centre for Investigative Journalism. “This detention is a reminder of the ongoing practice of...
Poland Looks to Buy Cruise Missiles, Cyberspace Buzzes With Putin Rumors
Plus, Spain refuses to extradite a Kazakhstani dissident and speculation about a political murder plot galvanizes Albania. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How dangerous is Vladimir Putin? Russia’s biggest threat comes from the East
The bad news is that, as shown by Russia’s invasions of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014, President Putin is the most revisionist leader in Moscow since his Soviet predecessors launched the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The good news is that, in Russia’s conflict with the West, the United States and Europe hold most of the...
In former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, broad political dialogue and accountability are essential, says OSCE PA’s Battelli
COPENHAGEN, 13 March 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on South East Europe, Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia), today expressed concern about increasingly turbulent political developments in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He noted that the ongoing developments in Skopje are, above all, the latest...
What Can Ukrainians Expect from Europe?
The right combination of arms, aid, and tutelage will be key – and elusive. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Investment Prospects Priority in the Policy of Stable Economic Growth in Great Britain
The article considers the components of the economic grown policy of Great Britain based on global consolidation of the investment position of the country. The place of Great Britain in the system of international economic relations and its role in the EU has been established by means of comparative analysis of a number of macroeconomic indices...
We may live in different worlds, but sanctions on Russia still make sense
My colleague, Clifford Gaddy, wrote about sanctions on Russia on this blog on March 9. He notes that the West, on the one hand, and President Vladimir Putin and Russia, on the other, hold fundamentally different views of global and national security, and argues that U.S. and European Union sanctions on Russia are bound to fail. I hesitate to...
Kennan Cable No.6: Peace and Energy in Ukraine… and Russia
Ukraine remains at a precipice between increased military escalation with Russia and eastern separatists, and concerted efforts – the latest in Minsk – to achieve a diplomatic settlement that recognizes its sovereignty and independence. If diplomacy prevails, President Poroshenko and his government will face a daunting agenda of defining a viable...
Wide-ranging ideas for OSCE reform, PA contributions discussed at Helsinki +40 Stockholm seminar
COPENHAGEN, 12 March 2015 – The third event in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 seminar series took place on 11 March in Stockholm, with experts, policy-makers, ambassadors and OSCE parliamentarians considering how the European security architecture, and the OSCE’s inclusive security community in particular, can better...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 11 March 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas in and around the Donetsk airport...
