Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Serbia’s Vucic in Historic Visit to Tirana, Kazakhstan’s Gay Propaganda Law Ditched for …
Plus, Russian scientists are outraged over a grant-making foundation’s inclusion on the ‘foreign agent’ list, and Putin’s New Russia dream founders on the rocks of reality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The EU’s Eastern Partnership: Between promises and realities
Over the past ten years, there have been significant geopolitical shifts in the European Union’s (EU) near and far neighborhood. Crafted in 2003, the opening remarks of the European Security Strategy underline: “Europe has never been so prosperous, so secure nor so free. The violence of the first half of the 20th Century has given way to a...
Detention of the Russian military officers is another proof of participation of the Russian regular troops in the events in Eastern Ukraine
Deputy Director General and Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavred website about the international significance of detention of the the Russian military officers in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Due to the Russian aggression Ukrainians are becoming more pro-NATO
For the first time in more than a decade of polling Ukrainians on their attitudes toward the Western alliances, an absolute majority – 52% – said they favored steering Ukraine’s foreign policy toward the European Union, said Andriy Bychenko, Director of Sociological Service at the Razumkov Center, the Los Angeles Times writes. The share of...
What It’s Like to Be Hated Online in Russia
Four targets of abuse share their stories. From Afisha/the New East Network. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №17
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №17 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Economic crisis: Why did Greece do so poorly in comparison with all other European Union countries?
Language English Among the EU countries, Latvia and Greece stand out because, in the midst of the crisis, they had the largest potential budget deficits and they experienced equally large cumulative real output contractions of nearly a quarter of GDP in comparison with their 2008 peak GDP. But their governments pursued the opposite fiscal...
What Transition? The Strange Case of Hungary and Romania
Hungary and Romania officially completed their transition process when they joined the EU, but they appear to be going in very different directions. Both countries, which until recently belonged to the “post-Socialist” European space, are still considered “flawed democracies” according to the EIU, where Hungary ranks...
Judy Asks: Is the U.S. Wobbly Over Ukraine?
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Kevin Andrews’ Defence White Paper preview
Given that the forthcoming Defence White Paper will be the third in six years, one could be forgiven for being slightly cynical about the overarching political exercise. Labor clearly felt the messaging, both domestic and international, of the 2009 White Paper was sufficiently problematic as to warrant a rewrite in 2013. Then, upon coming to...
