Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The blockade of Crimea
On 20 September, at the initiative of the Crimean Tatars’ self-government organisation, a blockade of checkpoints allowing passage to Crimea began. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Bankruptcy Law Opens Escape Route for Russian Debtors
Borrowers in painful squeeze as Russian economy shrinks, the ruble weakens, and prices rise. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine, Russia Sign Winter Gas Deal
After months of EU-mediated talks, price for gas from Russia’s Gazprom is set. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Open Europe research finds majority of Tory MPs have not yet made their minds up about EU membership
New Open Europe research finds majority of Tory MPs have not yet made their minds up about EU membershipAhead of the Conservative party conference, Open Europe has today published an analysis of where Conservative MPs stand on EU membership based on their recent public statements on the issue. The research finds that 14 and 44 MPs are ‘Firmly...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №23
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular — domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №23 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Russian Military Activity: September 2015
Download the PDF Russia mobilized and transported forces and equipment to Syria under the guise of military exercises. Tags Ukraine Project UkrainePromote …read more Source: Institute for the Study of...
Russian Jets Bomb Syria
On September 30, the upper house of the Russia’s parliament—the Federation Council—unanimously rubberstamped a Kremlin request to use Russian troops abroad after a 15-minute closed session. President Vladimir Putin’s administration chief, Sergei Ivanov, presented the Kremlin’s request and later told reporters that Russian troops...
Kateryna Smagliy, Director of the Kennan Institute Kyiv Office, “George Kennan’s Diplomatic and Intellectual Legacy”
…read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
The Politics (and Geopolitics) of TPP’s Prosperity Promises
One way to make sense of the current world is to measure the progress of rules-based order versus coercion-based disorder. The latter category includes the collapse of state structures in the Middle East at the hands of violent extremists, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s territorial revisionism in maritime Asia. If final...
Just how dangerous are the skies over Syria?
Syria’s ambassasdor to Moscow, Riad Haddad REUTERS/Maxim ZmeyevWashington greeted reports of the Russian air force’s first wave of airstrikes on September 30 with fierce rhetoric. Moscow, said defence secretary Ash Carter, was “pouring gasoline on the fire” in Syria. The strikes reportedly hit rebels fighting pro-government forces in...
