Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
New Russian Ombudsperson sees no political prisoners in Russia, only ‘extremists’
The Chief of Russia’s Investigative Committee has proposed criminalizing ‘denial’ of the fake ‘Crimea referendum’, and the country’s new Human Rights Ombudsperson plans to fight attempts by the West to ‘use’ human rights as a weapon “to destabilize Russia”’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
The Crimean Tatars: Under Threat
More than seventy years after Stalin deported the entire Crimean Tatar population to central Asia, Mustafa Dzhemilev, leader of the Crimean Tatar National Movement and former Soviet dissident, is once again banned from the peninsula. At this meeting, Dzhemilev will give an update on the situation of the Crimean Tatars. Speaker...
Obama’s Message to a Sober Germany
Transatlantic TakeBERLIN—As U.S. President Barack Obama today delivers the opening speech at the world’s largest industrial fair in Hannover, he will find a very different country than the one he saw upon his campaign visit in 2008. From the heights of excitement when Obama took office in 2009 to the depths of outrage when the NSA affair...
Ukraine’s New Concept Paper on Security and Defense Reform
On March 16, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko approved the “Concept for the Development of the Security and Defense Sector” (President.gov.ua, March 16). The document lays out the “Western” vision for Ukraine’s security and defense sector reform and specifies the goals for this process. The concept paper also shows that security sector...
Romania Bidding For Influence In Moldova (Part One)
For the first time since the fall of communism in Romania and the Soviet Union (1989, 1991), Romania has become an active contestant for influence in its own right in the Republic of Moldova. This policy has come about suddenly, but the prerequisites were accumulating to almost predetermine a more active and ambitious Romanian policy in Moldova....
ADVISORY: CAP to Host Author Parag Khanna for Discussion on Connectivity and its Effect on the Future of Civilization
Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress will host a discussion with Parag Khanna, author of Connectography. Khanna presents a radical new take on American strategy: Connectivity rather than countries is the way to think about the 21st century. The discussion will focus on this and its effect on the United States and the world. The...
Profesor Leszek Balcerowicz w rządzie Ukrainy jako przedstawiciel prezydenta Poroszenko
Profesor Leszek Balcerowicz, członek Rady Fundacji CASE i jeden z głównych architektów polskich reform po 1989 r. został mianowany przedstawicielem prezydenta Ukrainy w rządzie tego kraju. Petro Poroszenko podpisał dziś dekret w tej sprawie. Poroshenko oraz premier Hroysman spotkali się z profesorem Balcerowiczem oraz byłym wicepremierem i byłym...
Professor Leszek Balcerowicz became President’s Poroshenko Representative in Government
Professor Leszek Balcerowicz, member of the CASE Supervisory Council and an architect of successful Polish reforms, became President’s Poroshenko Representative in the Cabinet of Ministers. Respective Decree was signed by Petro Poroshenko on Friday. President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman had a meeting with Leszek...
The NBU has imposed sanctions on individuals involved in Savchenko case
The National Bank of Ukraine has ensured appliance of the individual special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) in respect of individuals involved in illegal acts regarding Nadiya Savchenko, Oleg Sentsov and Olexandr Kolchenko with its Resolution No. 276. The respective list of individuals was determined with Decision of the...
Leszek Balcerowicz became President’s Representative in Government
Architect of successful Polish reforms Leszek Balcerowicz became President’s Representative in the Cabinet of Ministers. Respective Decree was signed by Petro Poroshenko on Friday. The establishment of the Group of Strategic Advisors on the Support for Reforms in Ukraine has been endorsed by the EU. On Thursday, Petro Poroshenko discussed...
