Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Military: On the Rise?
After the 2008 war with Georgia, Russia started its most radical and comprehensive military reform in several decades. It is aimed at transforming the outdated mass mobilization army into combat-ready armed forces that are able to pursue a broader set of functions — from nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence to conventional warfare in local and...
Ukraine: Fantastically Corrupt
Ukraine is again failing to break away from its corrupt, oligarchic post-communist transition. The high hopes for reducing corruption after the Euromaidan revolution have faded, and the country is looking for new leadership in an unlikely place: Georgia. RealTime post by Simeon Djankov. …read more Source: Peterson Institute for...
IWP Expert Spoke at the “Ukraine – Two Years after Maidan” Conference in Budapest
IWP expert, Ivan Medynskyi, participated in the panel discussion entitled “Ukraine – Two Years after Maidan” at Corvinus University (Budapest, Hungary). …read more Source: Institute of World...
IWP to Organize Study Visit of EU Thought Leaders to Ukraine
The Institute of World Policy will organize the study visit of the 25 thought leaders from key EU member states on March 1-2, 2016. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Supporting Ukraine between crisis and transformation – Ukraine Week in the European Parliament
Written by Naja Bentzen, © peteri / Fotolia When Ukraine’s then President Viktor Yanukovich caved in to Russian pressure and refused to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in 2013, he triggered the ‘revolution of dignity’, that paved the way for his own ousting on 22 February 2014 and sparked hope for a European future. Today —...
Issue of Ukraine in the U.S. Presidential Race: Positions of Main Candidates
Article by Ivan Medynskyi, IWP research fellow …read more Source: Institute of World...
Rzeczpospolita Interview with Dr. Karen Donfried
On February 24, Dr. Karen Donfried gave an interview to the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. The article explains why the U.S. might be concerned about the ongoing state of affairs within the EU. It touches upon a political atmosphere within Poland and the region prior to the NATO Summit in July 2016. Dr. Donfried clarifies the United...
Utilities Cautioned About Potential for a Cyberattack After Ukraine’s
March 1, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Trump Versus Rubio? the Donald Is More Likely to Keep America at Peace
Doug Bandow With Super Tuesday almost upon us the Republican establishment is desperate to stop Donald Trump. It appears to have settled on Marco Rubio as the last great hope to save the Republican Party, or at least the elites which dominate the GOP. Republican voters face a bad choice. The Donald’s shortcomings are manifest. Marco Rubio...
Russia’s View of Ukraine after the Crisis
Russia’s View of Ukraine after the CrisisIn: IAI Working Papers …read more Source: Istituto Affari...
