Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Lukashenka in Turkey: Establishing Economic Ties
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka paid a visit to Turkey, last week, in conjunction with the April 14–15 Istanbul meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Founded in 1969, the OIC has 57 members and holds meetings once every three years. At the Istanbul meeting, 33 countries were represented by the heads of state or...
Russian Authorities Act Against Crimean Tatars
Ban on political body called attempt to stamp out remaining critical voices on peninsula. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Nuclear energy in Ukraine 30 Years after Chernobyl
Thirty years after the biggest nuclear disaster at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine is still seriously dependent on nuclear energy. It is high time for Ukraine to take the path of nuclear phase-out. Meanwhile, nuclear risks are rising with nuclear reactors ageing, a military conflict in Eastern Ukraine, and an unsolved problem of spent...
HCSS: After the ‘no’, which options does the Dutch government have?
On the 6th of April Dutch voters dealt a blow to the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine. Although the referendum is only consultative in nature, it does represent a significant challenge for the Dutch… …read more Source: The Hague Centre for Strategic...
Washington’s War Against the World
Secretary of War Ash Carter is concerned about America’s posture. No, it’s not about sitting with your back straight up and your knees placed primly together. It all has to do with how many enemies there are out there threatening the United States and what we have to do, globally speaking, to make them cry uncle. Ash outlined his...
IWP Prepared a Memo for the Visit of President to Romania
The Institute of World Policy prepared a memo ahead of the visit of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to Romania on the signals worth sending to the Romanian decision-makers and society. …read more Source: Institute of World...
The Many Faces of Vladimir Putin
Dozhd TV chief editor Mikhail Zygar’s account of Russia under Putin lets the facts speak for themselves. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Crimean journalist arrested, others in custody in major new clampdown
Mykola Semena, a journalist who writes for Radio Svoboda’s Crimean Service, is facing charges of ‘calls to separatism’, almost certainly for questioning Russia’s occupation of Crimea. Other journalists have also faced searches and been taken away for questioning …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Internet Clampdown in Russia?
Country’s top investigator proposes measures to counter alleged information attacks from the United States and its allies. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The appointment of Groysman will allow the president to consolidate his power
The parties led by Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko still dominate the governing coalition in Ukrainian parliament, but the choice of Groysman, a member of Poroshenko’s party, for the office of prime-minister is seen as strengthening the hand of the president, the Daily Mail reports the article published by Associated Press....
