Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Matters: A Primer
Last weekend sustained fighting erupted in the Azerbaijani province of Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been occupied by Armenia for more than 20 years, and has been the site of a low-intensity conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia for that entire period. By the time the weekend was over, at least three dozen were dead, with both sides laying the...
Ukraine: The case for ’voor’ in the Dutch Referendum
The European Union must ensure that it has a realistic and effective policy towards its East. And entering into agreements which encourage greater integration and cooperation with these countries is the only way of doing that. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
The Next Era of U.S.-Russia Relations
A panel discussion with: Thomas Graham, Managing Director, Kissinger Associates, Inc. Nikolai Zlobin, President, Center on Global Interests Andrew Kuchins, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University On the eve of a new presidential administration, U.S. policy toward Russia has shifted from reset to isolation over conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. As the...
Panama Papers Expose the Hidden Wealth of the World’s Super-Rich
(Image: Wikimedia Commons) The just-released Panama Papers—filled with titillating details involving the shady dealings of world leaders and violent traffickers of drugs and slaves—should give a strong boost to U.S. and global campaigns to crack down on these global secrecy jurisdictions and practices. Starting with an anonymous leak to the...
PGO files criminal case against ex-Deputy Prime Minister Voshchevskyi
Members of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Prosecutor General’s Office are conducting seizure of documents under criminal proceedings initiated against former Deputy Prime Minister Valerii Voshchevskyi. This is evidenced by the decision of the Pechersk district court in Kyiv of March 22. According to investigators, Valerii...
Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service to check reports on Poroshenko’s offshore firms
Head of Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov has instructed the service’s departments working with individuals to check media reports claiming that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has allegedly founded three offshore asset management companies without mentioning them in his income declaration. Nasirov said this at a press...
Russland: Mögliche Auswege aus der der Wirtschaftskrise
Diese Publikation zeigt Russlands mögliche Auswege aus der gegenwärtigen Wirtschaftskrise, hervorgerufen durch fallende Ölpreise und westliche Sanktionen. Während das Ölpreisproblem durch längst fällige strukturelle Wirtschaftsreformen hätte abgemildert werden können, schlägt der Autor als Kompromisslösung die Rückkehr der Krim in die Ukraine als...
Can Ukraine Achieve a Reform Breakthrough?
Project: Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine Forum05 April 2016 John LoughAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme The key question is whether Ukrainians themselves can overcome the chief impediment to reform – the capture of the state by a narrow class of wealthy business people and their associates, write John Lough and Iryna Solonenko....
Empowering the New Ukraine
…read more Source: Open Society Foundations
Dutch Referendum to Set Course for EU-Ukraine Ties
Rejection will give a boost to growing euroskeptic, isolationist movements across Europe, analysts say. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
