Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
President Poroshenko, Governor Saakashvili Assess Situation in Odesa (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has entrusted Georgia’s former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, with jolting Odesa province from backwardness into modernity, and to try this amidst a war. This unprecedented reform experiment has turned Odesa into a pivotal province of Ukraine. In Ukraine’s...
Greek Agreement and Iranian Deal Leave Russia Disappointed and Irrelevant
It was a rare coincidence in world politics that two pivotal and protracted negotiation processes—the European Union’s talks with Greece on managing its debt, and the “P5+1” talks on managing the Iranian nuclear program—both culminated in crucial agreements at the start of this week (July 13–14). Russia was a party (albeit not a very active...
‘EU Periphery Countries Taking Brunt of US/EU Interventionist Policies in Ukraine’
The EU and the US are the ones who created the chaos in Ukraine, said Daniel McAdams, of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. The countries on the EU periphery like Hungary have to take on the burden receiving thousands of refugees, he added. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has called for a crackdown on paramilitary units...
Greek Crisis ‘Diverts Attention’ from Kyiv
Ukraine’s Economy Minister: Unlike Greece, Ukraine is embracing reforms The Greek financial crisis has diverted global attention away from Ukraine, but it also “sheds a positive light” on the Kyiv government’s achievements, Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said in a July 14 interview.”Greece is...
Will Putin prefer Obama’s successor?
By all appearances, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin don’t care much for each other. Putin reportedly has concluded he cannot work with Obama and will wait for a new U.S. president in 2017. Looking at the field of candidates, that would seem a major miscalculation — a miscalculation that Putin has made...
Ukraine Leader Attacks Greek ‘Disaster’
July 14, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine’s Right Sector Challenges Poroshenko After Police Standoff
July 14, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
American, EU Brass Urge Macedonian Compromise, Russian Troops Accused of Desertion
Plus, a gun battle underlines Kyiv’s weakness in the face of organized crime, and Georgia accuses Russia of seizing territory atop a trans-Caucasus oil pipeline. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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...
