Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Bridge to Crimea: Quick Profits for Putin’s Crony, Zero Accountability
The huge project disregards major environmental and safety issues. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Bankrupting Empire
Following the June 22 decision by the European Union to extend its sanctions on Russia for another six months, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev soberly declared two days later that the country’s faltering economy would force the government in Moscow to make some difficult choices regarding meeting its spending commitments. Citing the...
Kremlin Opens New Phase in Its War Against Ukraine
Moscow is growing impatient with Ukraine’s unwillingness to legalize the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” and rewrite Ukraine’s constitution to their and Moscow’s satisfaction. The Minsk Two armistice, imposed on Ukraine on February 12, envisages that political process to be completed by December of this year...
Belarusian Identity and Rapprochement With the West
Not too long ago, Belarusian identity used to be a topic of purely academic interest. But today, publications devoted to this subject appear like from a horn of plenty. Not only do they show up frequently (see EDM, June 18, for two earlier examples), they are often intended for a lay audience. Clearly, such musings are the result of the crisis in...
The National Security State’s Crisis Racket
Imagine that Russia announced that it was reconstituting the Warsaw Pact and that Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Grenada, and Bolivia had signed on as members. Imagine also that Russia fomented a regime-change operation in Mexico that succeeded in ousting the democratically elected president of the country and installing a...
Putin Breaks Silence With Call To Obama Touching On Ukraine And ISIS
June 26, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
IS Plants a Flag in North Caucasus, No Serbian Trial for Ex-Bosniak Commander
Plus, Kosovo hits allegedly Iran-linked groups, and Hungary’s tobacco-trade reform raises competition concerns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Calls Obama to Discuss Ukraine, Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss continued tensions… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Shelter from the Storm in Europe
To secure a prosperous future, Europe must confront three distinct challenges: the Greek crisis, Russia’s incursion in Ukraine, and the rise of populist political parties. While Europe could address each of these challenges individually with relatively little risk, all three must be addressed simultaneously. …read more Source: Project...
Participation in the debate of the Bertelsmann Stiftung studies
On 18 June 2015, the Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn participated in the presentation and public debate of two studies commissioned and produced by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The first study deals with the perspective of economic growth in Ukraine and was prepared by the wiiw Vienna Institute for...
