Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine’s economy minister Abromavicius quits
Ukraine’s economy minister Aivaras Abromavicius has resigned in dramatic fashion, blaming senior figures in the pro-Western government for blocking his attempts at reform and enabling widespread corruption. Ukraine’s economy minister’s resignation is a blow to Petro Poroshenko’s ruling coalition, which is facing calls for...
Ukrainian Economy Minister Quits as Government Cracks Widen
Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius stepped down, saying he won’t be a “puppet” to other state officials who he claims are blocking reforms to turn the war-torn country’s economy around and attract investments. Abromavicius said politicians, including some from the office of President Petro Poroshenko, have increased...
Lowdown on Obama’s State of the Union Address
President Obama headed to the Capitol to deliver his final State of the Union (SOTU) address on January 12, 2016. It is an American tradition that every year the US President addresses the nation about the existing state of affairs of the union, including foreign affairs of the country. There is a need to analyse some points of our concern in his...
Russian LGBT Activist Convicted Under ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law
Sergei Alekseenko, who led a group providing LGBT people legal and psychosocial support, is the fifth person charged under the law. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia is turning Crimea into a military base
In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi spoke about how Russia was turning Crimea into a military base to confront NATO, and explained why Ukraine would not be able to return the peninsula in the nearest future. In Crimea, Russia is using the principle of forward...
The world in 2016
The world is in the midst of growing geo-economic instability that is generating widespread global political turbulence. Even as the weight of economic activity continues to shift from West to East, the institutions of global governance remain firmly in the hands of the West. Gateway House argues that this is rendering these institutions...
Russia’s Revival: Opportunities and Limitations for Pakistan
The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organized a review meeting on “Russia’s Revival: Opportunities and Limitations for Pakistan” in IPRI Conference Hall on December 11, 2015. Introduction Vladimir Putin has been Russia’s dominant political figure since 2000 and Russia under him is reasserting its role in its immediate...
Who Will Identify Ukraine’s Dead?
With the body count in Ukraine rising and the government overwhelmed, a volunteer group is working to make sure families learn the fate of their loved ones. …read more Source: Open Society...
Why Do Ukraine’s Reform Ministers Keep Quitting?
February 3, Ukraine’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius announced his resignation at a press briefing with a big bang that may unleash a political crisis and shake the country’s fragile finances.Abromavicius, a 40-year-old investment banker of Lithuanian origin, who has lived in Kyiv for many years as a...
Only Presidential Leadership Can Avert Ukraine’s Perfect Storm
The February 3 resignation of Ukraine’s Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius is a signal that the country’s efforts to dramatically reduce corruption and rent-seeking are meeting with serious resistance.The resignation also exposes how Ukraine’s political system works. Just as in established democracies, technocrats and experts...
