Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine to Ban Imports of Russian Oil Products
April 6, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
America Can’t Be the World’s Nuclear Police
Doug Bandow Donald Trump is once again causing consternation among world leaders. His remarks about South Korea and Japan developing nuclear weapons have set off a minor firestorm. “It would be catastrophic were the United States to shift its position and indicate that we support somehow the proliferation of nuclear weapons to additional...
Fine-Tuning EU Support for Ukrainian Democratization
The EU needs to step up its support for Ukraine’s still-fragile democracy, focusing on the three areas of conditionality, decentralization, and engagement with civil society. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Alleged Doomday Cult Members Detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Russian police detained several alleged members of the banned Aum Shinrikyo religious group on 5 April. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Can Ukraine Achieve Reform Breakthrough?
Tue19AprInvitation OnlyResearch EventCan Ukraine Achieve Reform Breakthrough?19 Apr 2016 – 14:30 to 18:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London, UKRussia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsHilb Vyshlinski, Executive Director, Centre for Economic Strategy, UkraineJohn Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia...
Panama Papers: it’s the drip-drip effect Vladimir Putin will be worrying about
The early Russian media reaction to the claims from the Panama Papers that Putin’s close associate channelled more than $2 billion to offshore companies has been quite predictable: a combination of denial, counter-claims of poor journalism and, of course, silence. In a country where the state has significant control over media outlets and...
Referendum in the Netherlands: A Vote on the EU or a Vote on the European Path of Ukraine?
Today the Netherlands hold a referendum on the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine. The latest polls show a small lead for the opponents of the Agreement. …read more Source: Konrad Adenauer...
Russia’s success in Syria signals an emerging multipolar world order
The silence from Western capitals as ISIS fled Palmyra was as deafening as it was understandable. In Syria, history has refused to follow the script. On 2 October last year, US President Barack Obama warned that ‘a military solution alone. . . an attempt by Russia and Iran to prop up Assad is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire and...
NOBODY was jailed for ripping up portrait of Poroshenko!
It is clear why the Russian media joined the defendant and his far-right friends in claiming that his 4.5 year sentence had been for destroying a portrait of the President, but why did the Ukrainian media so happily repeat the nonsense? …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Untangling Plans for Russia’s Military Force Structure
Russia’s Ground Forces are moving away from the brigade-based structure of the “New Look” reforms to form divisions in the western strategic direction. This involves the formation of three divisions in western Russia, with two being constituted in the Western Military District (MD) and one in the Southern MD. This is mainly cast as a...
