Rapprochement With Russia?
The ruble’s fragility presents an opportunity for American and European diplomats to offer Putin a deal that de-escalates the war in Ukraine, provides Russia sanctions relief, and revitalizes Moscow’s economic ties with the West. …read more Source:...
Betting on Ukraine
One might have expected the heroic commitment of Ukrainians to Europe’s democratic ideals to trigger a rush of Western support for the country as it simultaneously battles Russian aggression and economic collapse. But, so far, passivity and platitudes have prevailed. …read more Source: Project...
Putin’s Winning Streak
Since Russia invaded Crimea last summer, the West has relied on a strategy of economic sanctions and isolation to compel the Kremlin to stop intervening in eastern Ukraine. But Russia’s recent diplomatic successes – particular with Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan – have all but negated the effectiveness of this strategy. …read more...
Advice on ‘advice and consent’
Editor’s note: This article appears in National Review’s December 31st print edition. Access the original content here.Despite the Democratic party’s losses in November’s elections, President Obama has audaciously begun ignoring constitutional restraints in order to impose his policy views. This is true not only on...
NATO Does Not Want Ukraine to Apply for Membership
Now that Ukraine has voted to drop its non-aligned status, we are hearing an official story from Russia that “NATO has pushed Ukraine to do this.” Endlessly repeated, it is exactly opposite to the truth. Moscow’s policies over the last twelve months have changed popular opinion in Ukraine. From 1991 until 2013 every poll...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time) 26 December
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 monitored the simultaneous release of hostages/prisoners in Yasynuvata (18km North-East of Donetsk city). On 24 December,...
Minsk talks must resume to rapidly advance peace efforts, Swiss Chair says
Bern, December 26, 2014 – Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE-Chairperson-in-Office, Didier Burkhalter, expressed his expectation that the meeting between the Trilateral Contact Group (consisting of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairmanship) and representatives of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk, scheduled for today in Minsk,...
Belarus and Kazakhstan: Ukraine Is not our Enemy
The Ukraine crisis has had an increasingly negative effect on Russia’s relations with Belarus and Kazakhstan, its closest allies and partners in the Customs Union and Eurasian Union. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Ukraine Crisis’s Central Asian Echoes
After the initial shock the Ukrainian crisis brought, Central Asian states have gradually come to the conclusion that they should continue dealing with Russia. Still, none of these states are prepared to be totally controlled by Russia. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
A visit to Berlin and Brandenburg
From 23 to 28 November 2014, Expert of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Kateryna Markevych participated in the programme of the visit of the representatives of economic institutions of Ukraine to Berlin and Brandenburg Development of Small and Medium Enterprises as an Engine of Economic Competition, which was supported by the Friedrich...
