Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Remington Worldwide Limited (UK) v. Ukraine
The Gibraltar registered company Remington Worldwide Limited (“Remington”) filed a request for arbitration with the SCC on 22 September 2008. According to information communicated by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the company accused Ukraine of violating several provisions of Article 10 of the ECT, and, in particular, of failure to provide...
International legal qualification of actions of the Russian Federation in the East of Ukraine as an act of aggression
Author – Dovbenko M., trainee analyst of FVIAC Qualification of the actions of Russia in Donbas as an act of aggressionQualification of Russia’s actions as an act of indirect aggression (an analogy to the Nicaragua case)Reaction of the international community to the aggressive actions of Russia in DonbasProspects for qualification of...
Ihor Zinko: Contemporary Europe is a profoundly dynamic, experimental and ingenious space, which is being created and ‘consumed’ at the same time
Free Voice Information Analysis Center offers its readers an opportunity to read the interview with the Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Country Studies and International Tourism at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv Ihor Zynoviyovych Zinko about major domestic and social tendencies of modern Europe....
Kazakhstan Looks to India, Iran for Access to the World’s Oceans
Since achieving independence in 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, landlocked Kazakhstan has sought to end its geographical isolation by fostering relations with neighboring countries. In recent weeks, Kazakhstan’s national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) and India’s Ministry of Railways signed a memorandum...
Central Asian Countries React to Latest US Overtures in Security Sphere
In early November 2015, US Secretary of State John Kerry toured all five former Soviet republics in Central Asia. It was the first such visit by a top United States diplomat to the region, long regarded by Russia as its backyard and “sphere of privileged interest.” Kerry’s regional tour was also marked by the launch of a comprehensive C5+1...
Will NATO-Russia Tensions Rise after Montenegro Invitation?
Montenegro’s membership in NATO would not diminish Russian security, and could instead offer an opening for improving NATO-Russia ties. December 4, 2015 By Sharyl Cross The collective decision of the NATO Alliance on Wednesday to extend an invitation to Montenegro to begin accession talks toward NATO membership represents formal recognition...
WHO Asks Ukraine To Declare A State Of Emergency Over Polio
December 4, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Think Before You Rush to War!
Concentration of forces is the most basic law of military science. Victory on the battlefield is won by amassing as many troops as possible at the key point of attack, or ‘schwerpunkt,’ as it’s known in German. Unfortunately, the amateur strategists in the White House seem to have been studying social anthropology and women’s...
The West’s Silver Lining in Turkey-Russia Tensions
The fallout from Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian warplane that violated its airspace over Thanksgiving week has continued to reverberate with regional and global implications. Moscow’s reaction has been predictably fast and furious, stopping short of armed retaliation but including almost everything else against Ankara, including...
Ukrainians consider corruption the biggest threat to national security
30% of Ukrainians consider internal threats more dangerous for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine than external ones. Of all the internal threats, corruption ranks first. These are the findings of the study conducted by the Razumkov Centre, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “On a scale of 0 to 10, among...
