Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Xi has created a Chinese Bloc that the Paris climate talks cannot ignore
Xi Jinping doesn’t want to be the villain of Paris. Etienne Laurent / EPAChinese president Xi Jinping addressed the opening day of the Paris climate talks as leader of a nation more confident and assertive than it has been at any point since Mao declared it had “stood up” after a century of rebellion and invasion. The changing status is...
The Ukraine crisis and the demise of the European Security order
The Ukraine crisis has delivered a severe blow to the European security order – but what’s next? …read more Source: European Policy...
“The human rights situation in Crimea today is deplorable,” German MP Says
Editor’s Note: This piece is adapted from a speech Dr. Christoph Bergner, a member of Germany’s Bundestag, gave at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation on October 21, 2015.I would like to thank the organizers of this event for making human rights issues in Crimea the main topic. Even if other news is currently making headlines, we...
Ukraine Two Years After Euromaidan: What Has Been Accomplished?
Two years ago, popular protests erupted against Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych on Kyiv’s Maidan. Since then, Ukraine’s economy has deteriorated sharply, with a contraction of 18 percent in two years, but the Poroshenko Bloc was the biggest party by far in the October 25 local elections. One might say that the...
Russia Security Update: November 11-18, 2015
Download the PDF Russia is attempting to align itself with France in the wake of ISIS’s terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. Russia took steps to reassert its freedom of action in Syria as France expanded its anti-ISIS air campaign in response to the Paris attacks. On November 17, Russia launched air strikes from long-range strategic...
Human Rights on Occupied Territory: Case of Crimea Report at the UN headquarters and the U.S. Congress
Razom and Volya Institute for Contemporary Law and Society to collaborate in presenting the Human Rights on Occupied Territory: Case of Crimea Report at the UN headquarters and the U.S. Congress. New York, NY, November 30, 2015 – In the spring of 2015, an international team of lawyers, with the support and endorsement of the New York University...
Monitors Say Elections In Two Eastern Ukraine Cities Held Properly
November 30, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Bans Soros Foundation as a ‘Threat To National Security And Constitutional Order’
Following Russia’s official retaliation to the Turkish downing of its jet a week ago, in which Putin issued an executive order limiting employment for Turkish workers, restricting Turkish organizations, and reducing the amount of bilateral trade with Ankara, perhaps a far more notable development took place earlier today when the Russian...
UKRAINE, SYRIA AND EUROPEAN SECURITY
By Kirk Bennett A recent flare-up notwithstanding, a stable ceasefire seems to be taking hold in the Donbas. Recognizing that a Russian knock-out blow in Ukraine is currently not in the cards, and stung to action by the steady weakening of the Assad regime in the Syrian war of attrition, Moscow has palpably cycled down […] …read more...
Dispatch from Ukraine: New politics vs Old Guard
A new generation of politicians is challenging the old order in Ukraine – their success is vital for the country’s democratic future …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
