Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Civilians, Soldiers Die In East Ukraine As Putin Visits Crimea
August 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Schäuble calls on his party to back the third Greek bailout in stark U-turn
Schäuble calls on his party to back the third Greek bailout in stark U-turnIn an interview with ZDF, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said he believed the bailout is the “right decision” and called for other members of his CDU/CSU party to back it just weeks after he said Greece should leave the Eurozone. He added “more progress” has...
“We want Ukraine to be a European country, not a Putin country,” Says Ukrainian MP
World attention focuses on ISIS and Iran, with its half an atomic weapon. But the biggest geopolitical issue is Vladimir Putin, backed by thousands of nuclear weapons, who is gradually conquering Ukraine, a democracy with 45 million people the size of Germany and Poland combined.In just over a year, Russia has seized 9 percent of Ukraine, killed...
Who is the West’s Lead MH17 Investigator?
As tensions once again build in eastern Ukraine where a fragile ceasefire appears to be on the brink of collapsing and the deadly contest of wills between East and West begins anew, the West’s prize propaganda story, downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has again taken center stage. As part of a much wider campaign to demonize Russia and...
Ukraine Must Finish Reforming Public Procurement Practices as Part of Anti-Corruption Drive
As Ukraine struggles with a collapsing economy and Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas, a third crisis threatens its long-term national stability: endemic corruption.Ukraine ranks 142nd out of 175 countries on Transparency International’s latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index. Of the fifteen former Soviet republics, only...
Ukraine’s Fall Elections Matter More Than You Think
With less than 80 days before election day in Ukraine, mayoral races are already heating up. Parliament approved a new election law that does two things: Ukraine will use an open-list system and the country will hold runoffs for mayors in larger cities. These two features combined with the potential decentralization reforms being debated by...
Russian Foreign Minister Blames Kiev For Escalation Of Violence In Eastern Ukraine
August 17, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Rebel-Held Ukraine Overhauls Education System As It Aligns Itself With Russia
August 17, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Tajikistan: Anxious Times on the Afghan Border
Dushanbe watches increased Taliban activity near its borders with rising concern. From EurasiaNet.org. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
When it comes to foreign affairs EU institutions cannot replace national policies
When it comes to foreign affairs EU institutions cannot replace national policiesFollowing former Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski’s calls for EU member states to “empower” the EU to conduct more effective foreign policy on their behalf, Open Europe’s Pawel Swidlicki argues the problem lies not with weak EU...
