Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
A New Generation for a New Ukraine
Editor’s Note: This piece is adapted from a speech Carl Gershman gave to the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation in Lviv, Ukraine, on October 24, 2015.Preparing for tonight’s talk has been an unexpected process of learning and discovery. I had thought I understood Ukraine, having given a number of talks and written articles urging...
Ukraine Goes to the Polls: Kolomoyskyi Is King Again
As the ballots are counted in Ukraine’s October 25 local elections, early returns and exit polls indicate some surprises. The big story is that oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi came out on top. Kolomoyskyi, former governor of Dnipropetrovsk who was dismissed in March by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for his overreach, backed candidates who...
Defense takes another hit
President Obama has vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), extinguishing the one real opportunity this year – and possibility for the rest of his administration – to reverse the decline in American power that is undermining the foreign policy of the United States throughout the world.Four years ago, the president signed the Budget...
There is no political will to fire General Prosecutor of Ukraine
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programs at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko was invited to the Ukraine Today studio to discuss the possible changes in Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office and effort to tackle corruption through reforms. “We had three consecutive general prosecutors who were fired and now...
Russian society needs more victorious wars
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk spoke with Ukraine Today about the role of NATO in Ukraine’s war with combined Russian-separatist forces, the situation in the east of Ukraine and Russia’s actions in Syria. — We have seen a recent lull in fighting in east Ukraine, can we...
Exit Polls in Ukraine Local Elections Show East-West Split
October 26, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine’s Unlikely Partnership with China
Natalia Khyzhniak In July, the Financial Times reported the latest evidence of an unexpected new economic partnership. Ukraine is poised to become the largest exporter of corn to China – if it has not done so already — surpassing the United States, which traditionally has had a near monopoly those exports. (China, where meat consumption […]...
Kyiv Grounds Ukraine-Russia Flights
Move will backfire on Ukraine, Russian premier Medvedev warns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Homeland, Snowden and fictional defences of the CIA
James Bond may be pro-Snowden but Carrie Mathison’s lot aren’t so sure. Channel 4This article contains spoilers about season five, episode three of Homeland. The battle for public opinion over whether former CIA employee Edward Snowden was right to blow the whistle and leak state secrets might just be won, not in the press or the US...
Ukrainian Sculptor Morphs Lenin Into Darth Vader
Star Wars characters make unsuccessful runs in local and regional elections. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
