Frozen conflict is not the worst alternative in the eastern Ukraine
The buffer zone being carved out to bring peace to eastern Ukraine may also cement the conflict’s front lines and preserve Russian President Vladimir Putin’s influence over the region for years to come, the Bloomberg reports. “While choosing among the other alternatives, a frozen conflict may not be the worst,” Deputy Director General...
As Ukraine moves closer to NATO, its military products may interest the West
The aircraft-maker Antonov is the closest thing Ukraine has to an industrial “national champion” that might achieve worldwide success. But the hurdles it faces are many. Some of its most promising projects have been derailed by the near state-of-war that now exists between Russia and Ukraine, and the Kyiv government’s order to halt all...
The NATO Summit: The Long Agenda of One Item
The NATO summit in Wales will be a watershed moment for the Alliance as it finds itself in pole position to respond to the Russian challenge to European security (Free access) …read more Source: Royal United Services...
The regional elections in Russia: no competition, no surprises
2014-09-17Jadwiga RogożaThe regional elections illustrate the evolution of the socio-political situation in Russia, which has taken on its final shape following the annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Ukraine’s parliament passes a special act for Donbas
2014-09-17Tadeusz IwańskiThe act is an effect of the agreement reached on 5 September in Minsk during the meeting of the trilateral contact group. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Ukraine’s political parties at the start of the election campaign
2014-09-17Tadeusz A. OlszańskiThe elections will be held in a very tense atmosphere, and the outcome will largely depend on further developments in the Donbas. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Russia is blocking a free trade area between the EU and Ukraine
2014-09-17Rafał SadowskiAgata Wierzbowska-MiazgaA precedent: the EU recognises the right of Russia to influence the shape of EU relations with the countries of the former USSR. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
A Visegrad cacophony over the conflict between Russia and Ukraine
2014-09-10Mateusz GniazdowskiJakub GroszkowskiAndrzej SadeckiThe divergences within the Visegrad Group over the NATO summit in Wales remain in contrast to the practice of the V4’s co-operation in NATO …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
2014-09-10Rafał SadowskiAgata Wierzbowska-MiazgaThe agreement won’t bring an end to the conflict. Its vague and general provisions allow a great deal of flexibility in its interpretation by both parties. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
The laws on Donbas status give good prospects for an extension to the cease-fire
Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists questioned further peace talks with the government, citing violations of cease-fire terms, while lawmakers in Kiev approved special status for the country’s two easternmost regions, the Bloomberg reports. “The adoption of the laws doesn’t guarantee a peaceful resolution of the conflict but it...
