Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Prosecutor’s office announces suspicion to Mykhailo Yezhel
The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has delivered a notification of suspicion to Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel due to improper performance of his official duties, the PGO press service reported. The PGO mentioned the minister’s negligence when agreeing the list of military equipment owned by the Ukrainian...
Poroshenko, Juncker agree on next steps for implementation of EU visa-free regime
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday, press secretary of the Ukrainian head of state Sviatoslav Tseholko has said. In particular, the two officials discussed the changes in the Ukrainian legislation related to electronic declaration and welcomed...
Ukraine-Style Hybrid War Unlikely in Latgale
On the second anniversary of the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the BBC gave its viewers a chance to “look inside the war room” with a program featuring a committee of former senior British military and diplomatic figures. In a quasi-documentary titled World War Three: Inside the War Room, the participants are faced with a...
Minister of Defense of Georgia Continues to ‘Knock at NATO’s Door’
Georgia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze recently visited the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), where he held talks with NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow. The Georgian minister also took part in a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission, with the participation of the permanent...
Berlin, Paris Side With Moscow Against Kyiv In Normandy Group’s Meeting
As anticipated (see EDM, February 26), the “Normandy” meeting on March 3–4, in Paris, cornered Ukraine to extract its acceptance of “elections” in the Russian-occupied territory. German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier did almost all the hectoring; his French counterpart, Jean-Marie Ayrault, provided the echo, while...
Glass half full? Obama’s judicious foreign policy record
Now well into the final year of his presidency, President Barack Obama recently gave a surprisingly frank and poignant review of his foreign policy record in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic. There were a number of notable takeaways from their discussion, such as Obama’s critique of European allies and their lack of...
Against the backdrop of hostilities, talking about the election in Donbas is too early
In his column for the website Novoe Vremia, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykhailo Pashkov described the outcome of another meeting of the Normandy Four, and also assessed the prospects of the peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in Donbas. The eleventh meeting of the Normandy...
II International Conference “Security Sector Governance: The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices”
The Razumkov Centre is pleased to announce a security conference, organised in cooperation with DCAF and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. II International Conference “Security Sector Governance: The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices” will cover the following issues: Presentation of the new...
Obama Sees Ukraine as Putin’s Client State
Putin acted in Ukraine in response to a client state that was about to slip out of his grasp. Obama’s theory here is simple: Ukraine is a core Russian interest but not an American one, so Russia will always be able to maintain escalatory dominance there. AC: Obama Sees Ukraine as Putin’s Client State …read more Source: The...
Russia demands compensations for piquetting its diplomatic bodies
The attacks on Russia’s Embassy and Consulates General in Ukraine are outrageous, the international community must respond to this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russia’s REN TV channel. “We regularly monitor the situation, get in touch with the ambassador and his staff. They hold on, the way people who feel their...
