Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Courts Rule on the Effect of Assignment of Arbitration Awards
In its 8 April 2015 decision the Higher Specialised Court of Ukraine confirmed that an application for recognition and enforcement of arbitration award can be served only by an original claimant, who has taken part in the arbitration proceedings. Euler Hermes Services Schweiz AG v OJSC Odessa Fat and Oil Plant became the first case […]...
Ukraine Will Top Agenda of Obama-Putin Meeting
The White House says Ukraine will be at the top of President Barack Obama’s agenda when he meets … …read more Source: American Security Council...
NATO signals to Russia that its aggression in Ukraine hasn’t achieved its goal
Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of foreign affairs and international security programmes at the Razumkov Center, said that to blame Putin’s aggression on western reluctance to draw closer to Ukraine would be to repeat a Kremlin propaganda trick, of accusing others of your own faults. Mr. Melnyk added that apart from army modernization efforts,...
Separatists Order UN, NGOs Out of Luhansk
Rebel demand follows forced closure of aid programs in Donetsk. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Calls Elton John (Really!)
Russian pranksters had duped the British singer into thinking Vladimir Putin had reached out to him – now he actually has. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
On target? EU sanctions as security policy tools
Amid lingering questions over their utility in restraining the proscribed actions of the Assad regime in Syria, curbing Iran’s nuclear programme or softening Russia’s aggressive stance on Ukraine, the EU stands to benefit from a balanced, empirically-informed assessment on how sanctions have been implemented, monitored and enforced....
Election 2015: Devising new defence platforms (Part 3)
A couple of weeks ago, I was frustrated that the major parties had not articulated Defence platforms so I wrote one for the Liberals and then one for the NDP, and then the Liberals came out with their statement. I left the Conservative platform for last. Why? Because it is the hardest to write. Why? Because it could simply be “more of the same”...
Russia Looking for an Exit?
As Russia increases its support for beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rebels in eastern Ukraine have observed a ceasefire since September 1. The second Minsk ceasefire agreement, signed in February, had been repeatedly violated. But things have changed. Some separatist leaders have left the area, returning to posh jobs in Moscow....
Ukraine Introduces Sanctions Against Russian Citizens, Companies
On September 16, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree introducing sanctions against 105 firms and 388 individuals, mainly from Russia, for supporting the annexation of Crimea and the war in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas (President.gov.ua, September 16). The decree came into effect on September 22, when its text was...
The Emergence of a New Reality
In the last two years, out of the four options on Ukraine, Russia, and NATO, one that in the past had seemed the least likely, has suddenly materialized: Russia treated Ukraine so badly that it has driven Ukrainians into NATO’s arms. This option came second on the list, but last on expectations. It depended on two failures: the failure of...
