Ukraine Tech Goes Global
Source: Emerging Europe Written by Mike Buryk According to IT Ukraine, a trade association for 58 IT-companies in the country, the sector was the third most important in 2017, with national export volumes worth 3.2 billion US dollars. About 100 R&D centers of major global companies are located in Ukraine. There are 13 Ukrainian companies […]...
Newsbrief Vol. 38, No. 1
Concise briefings on contemporary issues and trends in international securityNo: 1Volume: 38Newsbrief …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Ukraine’s Misguided Curbs on Freedom of Expression
Update: On January 31, Euromaidanpress published an article pointing out that the banned Russian-language version contains a discrepancy in translation: whereas in one sentence in the book, Antony Beevor attributed the killing of Jewish children in Belaya Tserkov to “Ukrainian militias,” the Russian-language version published in Russia that was...
A Nuanced Report: The Battle for Memories in Central Europe
The article was first published in “Res Publica Nowa” nr 3/2017 and translated into English with support from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education’s research dissemination funds (contract no. 692/P-DUN/217). This article covers: How nationalism in Central Europe is being spurred on by historical patriotism The impact of past...
Ukraine – Prospects for 2018
Addressing the slowdown of Ukraine’s reform process …read more Source: European Policy...
Ukrainian Nationalist Militia Seeks Legal Status
Rightwing groups also protest against Polish law making it a crime to deny atrocities committed by Ukrainian nationalists during WWII. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Arbitration Reform in Ukraine: New Possibilities for Arbitration Users
After many years of discussions and active work of various working groups and Ukrainian Parliament, in the end of 2017 Ukraine has finally reformed its arbitration-related procedural legislation. Now the arbitration users may seek Ukrainian courts’ assistance in obtaining interim measures, preserving and collecting evidence necessary for...
Armed Conflict in 2017 Part Four: 2018 Forecasts for Syria and International Terrorism
This week, the final part of the 2017 review looks at what 2018 holds for Syria and ISIS and global terrorism. As with the Rohingya Crisis and Ukraine, which were covered last week, these are brief overviews of what are complex situations extrapolating from the blogs throughout 2017 and making short term forecasts. Included below are links for...
Calls to declare Crimean political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh a Hero of Ukraine
It is people like Volodymyr Balukh, spending his second birthday in prison for his unwavering loyalty to Ukraine that give the lie to Russian propaganda about Crimea and give hope that it will return under Ukraine’s control. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Book Review: Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World
Christoph Meyer reviews Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World, by Nathalie Tocci …read more Source: Royal United Services...
