Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
New Policies Urgently Needed for EU Neighborhood
In the wake of the Paris attacks and the refugee crisis, Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, and the European Commission, have issued a much-awaited revision of the “European Neighbourhood Policy” (ENP), which aims to strengthen stability, security, and prosperity in 16...
Germany’s Approach to ENP
BERLIN—Germany was never a champion of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and has traditionally been more engaged with Eastern Europe than the Southern Mediterranean. For historical, geopolitical and economic reasons, Germany was a strong supporter of EU enlargement toward Central and Eastern Europe, but its engagement with a coherent EU...
Making the Most of the European Neighbourhood Policy Toolbox
BRUSSELS—The review of the European Neighbourhood Policy, unveiled in Brussels on November 18 after a year-long process of reflection and consultation with a broader community of stakeholders in Europe and its neighboring countries, did not offer many surprises. While acknowledging many of the ENP’s flaws and the changed domestic and...
France’s Perspectives and Priorities for the European Neighborhood Policy
Photo: (BERTRAND LANGLOIS/AFP/GettyImages) PARIS—The European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) remains largely absent from the public and media foreign policy discussions in France. However, the recent security crises in Ukraine and the Mediterranean, the refugee crisis, and the latest terrorist attack in Paris have underlined the need to improve EU...
IAAF Names Team to Monitor Russian Athletics
Runners accused of doping in sensational report say they’ll sue WADA and a German broadcaster for defamation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s perhaps-not-real super torpedo
On November 10, a Russian television broadcast of a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and some of his senior military officers revealed a “secret” plan for a long-range, nuclear-armed torpedo called Status-6. The broadcast on state-run Channel One showed a diagram of the torpedo, filmed over the shoulder of a Russian officer. According to...
EU Set to Launch Ukraine Trade Pact, Poroshenko Says
Attempts at ‘modern, efficient’ economic reform have been hampered by pervasive corruption, cronyism. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Paris attacks will probably intensify involvement of Western coalition in Syria
Co-director of Foreign Affairs and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk was invited to the Ukraine Today studio to discuss the consequences of tragic terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday November 13th. I do not think that terrorists aimed to kill any particular number of people in Paris last Friday November...
United With Putin Against Terror?
The attacks in Paris have opened the possibility of a rapprochement between Russia and the West. If Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to cooperate with the West in Ukraine and Syria, the West should not rule out offering some concessions in return. …read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Time Not Ripe for Closer Russian Ties, EU Hawks Warn
Bloc to review sanctions against Russia in coming weeks amid signs of a rapprochement. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
