Ukraine Fatigue: To Be or Not To Be (Bailed Out)
Ukraine teeters on the brink of default. The government is devoting more energy to public relations than actual reforms. Recent developments are likely to fuel the creation of a new black hole in Europe. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Eastern Ukraine: Civilians dying and in grave danger as fighting escalates
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine: Civilians dying and in grave danger as fighting escalates …read more Source: Amnesty...
The separatist conflict costs Ukraine $10 million a day
The collapse in Ukraine’s hard currency reserves to just enough to cover five weeks of imports is threatening big government debt writedowns, rather than mere maturity extensions, being needed to put the country on its feet, the Reuters reports. Meanwhile the separatist conflict continues to cost Kyiv $10 million a day and is distracting...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM heard many instances of heavy artillery fire in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Marches were held in many cities across...
The nuclear dimension of the Ukraine conflict
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
State of the Union symposium: What President Obama should say, and what he will say
Tomorrow, January 20th, is President Obama’s seventh State of the Union address. Observers will be watching closely as he lays out his agenda for his remaining time in office. We have gathered here the opinions of several AEI experts on what they think the president should cover in his speech, andwhat we might expect him to actually say....
China-EU Relations in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
Eyeing Tajikistan’s Weak Spot, Russia Presses for Integration
Life gets tougher for migrant workers whose countries don’t belong to Moscow’s trading bloc. From EurasiaNet.org. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
No New Cease-Fire for Ukraine, Mass Killing in Armenia Prompts a Call from Putin
Plus, jihadists reportedly expand their recruitment drive in Kyrgyzstan, and rights groups protest the jailing of a Macedonian journalist. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 16 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM observed a large number of ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region. The SMM conducted its third visit to the site of...
