Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Does the ADA give the US moral legitimacy as a global disability rights leader?: The view from Russia and Ukraine
Human Rights play an important role in US-Russia relations.Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
MH17: The Blaming Putin Game Goes On
Once upon a time CIA Stations overseas received what was referred to as an “Operating Directive” which prioritized intelligence targets for the upcoming year based on their importance vis-à-vis national security. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, penetrating Moscow and preventing the KGB’s repaying the favor in kind loomed large as...
Why Are Georgians Afraid of Greece’s Financial Default?
Georgians have shown a keen interest in the events in far-away Greece, which has been on the verge of leaving the Eurozone, if not the European Union itself. All news programs on Georgian TV now routinely begin with the latest news about negotiations between EU leaders and the prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras. Why is Georgia, a country on...
President Poroshenko, Governor Saakashvili Assess Situation in Odesa (Part One)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the United States’ ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev descended on Odesa in separate visits (July 2–July 8), to confer with Governor Mikheil Saakashvili there. Georgia’s former president aims to turn this undeveloped province of Ukraine into a showcase...
Cassandra Vindicated: Baltic Perceptions of NATO’s ‘New Deterrence’ of Russia
Interviews with Baltic State policy-makers suggest recent NATO efforts at reassurance are not sufficiently far-reaching …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Prospects for a More Western-Integrated Ukraine
Europe must be clear about what it can offer Ukraine as the latter loosens its economic ties with Russia and undergoes a process of reform …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Insecurity in Greece Poses Risk to the Balkans
WASHINGTON—Even as a compromise was found to halt an imminent Grexit (temporary or otherwise) this week, Greece’s situation, and even its euro membership, remains tenuous. In this context it is hard to remember that back in the 1990s, Greece was a crucial anchor of stability on the southern and southeastern flank of Europe and NATO. When...
Ukraine Must Put Reform Agenda in Overdrive While There’s Still Time
Kyiv is vibrant with intellectual and political discussions. As after any revolution the debate is about what is wrong and what should be done. Policy people acknowledge that reforms are proceeding but too slowly, while a typical business verdict is that corruption is as bad as before, but it has become more disorganized, since the old Yanukovych...
IMF Warns Proposed Legislation In Ukraine Threatens Reforms
July 13, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Serbia’s Premier Denounces Srebrenica Attack, Romania’s Ponta Faces Graft Charges
Plus, the deeds of a fabled Red Army unit may have been more fiction than fact, and Moldovans march for a union with Romania. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
