Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Thinking The Unthinkable: Can Japan Bring Russia Back to the G7?
For Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 2016 is a special year. As the chairman of the G7 summit, he aims to showcase Japan’s global leadership. The prime minister’s diplomatic zest is well-known and largely fueled by his “Abe Doctrine.” This doctrine promotes an ambitious, multi-vector foreign policy that has made him the most...
Early Elections in Ukraine Are Scarier Than You Think
Should Ukraine hold new elections? Despite the failure of Ukraine’s parliament to remove the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from office on February 16, the defection of two parties from the governing coalition gives President Petro Poroshenko the ability to declare the absence of a majority coalition and force new...
Two Cheers for Cold War!
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev’s recent suggestion that Russia and the West are embroiled in cold war provoked hasty denials by Western policymakers and commentators.In fact, Medvedev was right: cold war between Russia and the West does exist. But the West’s denials were unnecessary, because cold war is the best possible...
Women of the Euromaidan: Where Were They Then and Where Are They Now
As Kateryna Kruk walked among her fellow protesters in Kyiv’s central square while checking her phone during the early days of the Euromaidan in December 2013, she noticed an opportunity: Ukrainians shared news of the revolution almost entirely in Ukrainian or Russian. Inspired by the use of social media during the Arab Spring, Kruk started...
Ukraine Bans Officials From Criticizing Government
March 2, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
To Be or Not to Be? Ukraine’s Minsk Process
An agreement to alleviate the conflict in eastern Ukraine has broken down. How can the peace process be revived? …read more Source: Carnegie...
PARTNER EVENT Taras Shevchenko Music and Poetry Evening
Taras Shevchenko Music and Poetry evening “Poet and Freedom” to be held in the Ukrainian Cathedral Hall of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 21 Binney street, Mayfair, London W1K 5 BQ Saturday 12th of March 2016 at 7.30 PM …read more Source: Ukrainian Institute,...
PARTNER EVENT Outlook for Ukraine’s Economy in 2016
11th Annual Economic Panel discussion Outlook for Ukraine’s Economy in 2016 Wednesday 16 March 2016, London, 18:30 – 21:00 Commencement: 19:00 The Ukrainian-British City Club presents the 11th annual economic panel discussion “Outlook for Ukraine’s Economy in 2016” which will take place at 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7AJ on Wednesday...
New Ukrainian Crime Bureau Stalled
Courts are blocking sensitive investigations as the main prosecution service is no longer empowered to pursue them. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
SBU accuses Ukrgasbank’s former co-owner, deputy chairman of fraud
One of the former private owners of nationalized Ukrgasbank and a former deputy chairman of the bank’s board hacked the bank’s database to withdraw property from collateral and removed restrictions on its sale, the SBU Security Service of Ukraine said. The state-owned bank had two plots of land worth almost UAH 55 million in Kyiv […]...
