Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
‘Washington Has Gone From “Regime Change” to “Political Transition” in Syria, But We are Not Stupid’
It is a good sign that John Kerry visited Moscow and had high-level meetings, but we must remember that US foreign policy will not change on a dime, said Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.RT: Washington appears to be backing away from previous calls to isolate Russia… What is behind the...
“Ukraine is a work in progress by Putin,” Says General Wesley Clark
Retired US Army General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, has campaigned since 2014 to convince Western governments to provide lethal aid to Ukraine to fend off Russia’s occupation of 9 percent of its territory.In a wide-ranging interview, he talked about why this hasn’t happened and about Russian President...
Ukraine To Halt Trade With Crimea By Mid-January
December 16, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Should Ukraine Forget Its History?
On November 25, 2010, while on a state visit to Kyiv, Israel’s President Shimon Peres stated that, “If Ukrainians were to ask me for advice, I would say: forget history.” Coming from the president of a country steeped in history, the comment was at first glance bizarre. Directed at a country embroiled in seemingly endless...
Saakashvili’s Verbal Attack on Colleagues Ends in Damp Squib
Ukrainian Interior Ministry denounces Odessa governor’s claims as ‘absolute lies.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine to Suspend Trade With Crimea in 30 Days: PM Yatseniuk
December 16, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Searches Homes of More Ukrainian Library Staff
Library director Natalia Sharina could get five years for ‘inciting hatred’ through books by a banned Ukrainian ultranationalist. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Dear Facebook, Please Don’t Hand Our Data to The Kremlin
Activists are calling for the world’s biggest tech companies to resist Vladimir Putin’s demand that they their host servers – and users’ personal data – in Russia. From the Guardian. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Meeting with delegation of Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC)
24 November 2015: a delegation of the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, USA) led by Mr. Andrew Selee, Executive Vice President, visited the Razumkov Centre. The delegation included representatives of the Center’s department, the Kennan Institute: Mr. Matthew Rojansky, Director, and Ms. Kateryna Smagliy, Director of the Kyiv office. The...
Meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Ukraine
25 November 2015: a meeting was held at the Centre between representatives of the Razumkov Centre and a delegation of the Embassy of Canada to Ukraine. The Razumkov Centre was represented by: Anatoliy Rachok, Director General; Yuriy Yakymenko, Deputy Director General for Analytical Work, Director of Political and Legal Programmes; Viktor...