Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
What Trump Got Right about U.S. Allies
Doug Bandow Many of Donald Trump’s most disagreeable policy positions are also those that garner the most media attention. Occasionally, though, his opinions also reflect basic common sense. Consider his recent argument that Washington’s prosperous allies in Asia and Europe don’t pay enough in return for U.S. defense guarantees....
The Dutch referendum on EU-Ukraine treaty doesn’t signal a step towards Nexit
The European Union’s treaty with Ukraine was rebuffed by Dutch voters on April 6 with over 60% rejecting it in a low turnout referendum. The government must now reconsider the treaty. Initiators of the referendum hope that it will be a step towards a “Nexit” – the exit of the Netherlands from the EU. But even if more Dutch referendums are...
Putin Says Washington Behind ‘Panama Papers’ Leaks
Ukrainian journalists claim Poroshenko’s involvement in offshores far greater than leaked documents reveal. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Dutch rejection of an EU-Ukraine deal isn’t about Ukraine
On Wednesday, Dutch voters rejected—via a consultative referendum—the association agreement of the EU with Ukraine. It is a treaty between the EU, its member states, Euratom, and Ukraine that establishes a political and economic association between the parties. Only about 32 percent of eligible voters showed up, just clearing the 30 percent...
Turkey, Russia Trade Accusations Over Karabakh Situation
Some 75 troops have died since the weekend in the worst fighting the South Caucasus hotspot has seen in decades. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
EU action in a globalised world: April plenary session
Written by Clare Ferguson, © Europen Parliament / P.Naj-Oleari The key debate on Parliament’s agenda for this Strasbourg session week (Wednesday) will be the Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17-18 March 2016 and the outcome of the EU-Turkey summit – obviously linked to the migration situation in the Mediterranean. Conscious of...
The Netherlands Referendum on the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement: What Is the Effect of the “No” Vote?
In a referendum in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 6 April, 61% of voters were against ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Their decision may delay Ukraine’s integration with the EU and will strengthen those political forces in Ukraine that oppose the country’s modernisation and cooperation with international...
The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situation
The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situationGuillaume Van der Loo08 April 2016 …read more Source: Centre for European Policy...
Without attracting investment, the policy of saving cannot overcome the financial crisis
In his comment to the news agency BBC, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko spoke about the lessons that Ukraine should have learnt from experience of the financial crisis in Greece. Living in debt for years is a totally unacceptable policy which eventually leads a country into huge problems. We can see it not...
UK poll watchdog criticises government over anti-Brexit leaflet
UK poll watchdog criticises government over anti-Brexit leafletA spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission, the UK’s independent election watchdog, said yesterday of the anti-Brexit leaflet that the Government will be sending to every household ahead of the June 23 referendum, “We don’t think the government should have done it, but...
