Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Will Seizure of Russian Assets Hasten Dollar Decline?
While much of the world focused last week on whether or not the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates, or whether the Greek debt crisis would bring Europe to a crisis, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague awarded a $50 billion judgment to shareholders of the former oil company Yukos in their case against the Russian...
Myth and Reality in Russia’s Asian Policy
According to Russian analysts and leaders like Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russia has turned to Asia because of Western sanctions and is making steady progress there in achieving its objectives (RT, June 11). However, such talk is entirely unfounded. If anything, Russian relations with Japan have worsened, and there is little sign that Moscow...
The Turkish Election and Responses in the South Caucasus
The general election in Turkey on June 7 has radically changed the country’s political landscape. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost its absolute majority, winning only 256 of the 276 seats it needed, and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has now entered the parliament (Today’s Zaman, June 8)....
Japan, Europe, and the Global Economic Order
Over the last 70 years, the global economic order — underpinned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organization (and the GATT before that) — has created the conditions for a sustained period of growth and relative peace. That order is now at an inflection point. The rapid pace of technological progress...
EU Extends Trade And Investment Ban On Crimea
June 19, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Saudi’s star prince keeps rising, visits Putin in St. Petersburg
Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman visited St. Petersburg this week, and signed several agreements with the Russians concerning oil cooperation, space cooperation, peaceful nuclear energy cooperation, and nuclear technology sharing. It is another high-profile mission for the 29-year-old son of King Salman bin...
After Ukraine, NATO’s Chance for a New Normal
Can Defense Secretary Ash Carter and European leaders turn NATO’s historic Ukraine response into a new future for the alliance? Listening to politicians and pundits on both sides of the Atlantic, it would be easy to conclude that U.S.-European relations are suffering a major crisis. There is a surplus of breathless talk about frayed...
Kyrgyz Friend of Boston Bomber Jailed, Pope’s Climate Change Talk Angers Poles
Plus, Belarus blocks access to a lifestyle website, and fears grow about press freedom in Croatia after journalist’s dismissal. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poland will remain an engine of growth but still has work to do
“Poland will remain an engine of growth but still has work to do” said Christopher Hartwell during the Eurobuild conference to the representatives if real estate sector. During his keynote speech dr. Hartwell examined investment profitability in the CEE region with a focus on Poland. In his presentation, dr. Hartwell outlined an overall economic...
Belarus: A Nation of Parasites
In the Soviet Union, anyone without an official job could be charged with ‘parasitism’ and punished. Now Belarus has revived the idea. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
