Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Siemens Reportedly Skirts Sanctions on Crimea, Kremlin Slates UN Srebrenica Resolution
Plus, EU to help ‘frontline’ Hungary with migrant influx, and energy challenges lie ahead for Kazakhstan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why Ukraine Struggles to Reform
Listen to the proclamations of Ukraine’s political leaders and you might think the country is in the midst of rapid change. On June 4, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared that “reforms are the key word…The countdown of the period of reforms has started.”There is much talk of reform, but the reality is less...
Is This the End of the Caucasus Emirate?
As several North Caucasus commanders transfer their allegiance to the Islamic State, an IS spokesman announces the creation of a ‘Caucasus Province.’ From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Talks Collapse; Ukraine Halts Purchases of Russian Gas
Ukraine suspended its purchases of Russian natural gas after European Union-mediated price talks … …read more Source: American Security Council...
Belarus’s National Survival Formula
Belarus’s survival and further development in a tough neighborhood is conditioned by the economy, a sense of nationalism, and geopolitical maneuvering between the major centers of power, Russia and the collective West. According to Yury Drakakhrust of Tut.by and Radio Liberty, the new geopolitical situation in Europe is a source of both...
Moscow Appears to Be Playing a Most Dangerous Game With the Islamic State
In the wake of terrorist attacks by the Islamic State (IS) across the Middle East and Europe, Russian diplomats and the Kremlin-controlled media have been working overtime to suggest that the West will not be able to contain IS unless it secures Moscow’s cooperation. And Western countries will, presumably, only be able to achieve such...
Putin’s Use of the ‘Nuclear Card’
President Vladimir Putin continues to use strong rhetoric not only linked to what he sees as Kyiv’s “responsibilities” to adhere to Minsk II but also in an increasingly controversial area of Russia’s military modernization: namely the future role of the country’s nuclear deterrent. Moscow has also claimed that Kyiv’s...
Nuclear Credibility: What the United States Lost in Ukraine and Pakistan and the Implications for the Iran Deal
As the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 powers continue on past the June 30 deadline, the focus remains on the details of an agreement and whether the negotiators can come to a final resolution. But even as these details continue to be debated, it is important to consider the bigger picture – whether or not an agreement with Iran is...
Arbitrability of Sanctions – Presentation at Kuala Lumpur International Arbitration Week 2015
Yaraslau Kryvoi speaks about arbitrability of sanctions, touching upon the effect of the Belarus, Ukraine and Russian sanctions regimes on arbitration at a conference organised by Kuala Lumpur Regional Arbitration Centre in May 2015. …read more Source: CIS Arbitration...
“The Banking Union: State of Art” – new mBank-CASE publication
Language English It is widely believed that the creation of the banking union initiated the integration of the EU banking market. The process is traced back to June 2012 (EU Summit decided to create the banking union), 4 November 2013 (effective date of the Banking Union Regulation), or 4 November 2014 (operational launch of the Single...
