Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Modest Hopes for Riga Summit, Outrage After Fatal Baku Fire
Plus, Ukraine might look to host missile-defense systems and Tajikistan and China sign an extradition treaty. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Reports Fresh Casualties in East, OSCE Sees Violence Spreading
May 21, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Why Mariupol Will Not be the Next Frontline
Analysts and journalists have begun to ask where the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine will go next now that the second ceasefire agreement has failed. Skirmishes on the frontline in Shyrokyne, less than ten miles from Mariupol’s city limits, have raised concerns that Mariupol will be the next target. Geographically and...
Russia’s ‘carrot and stick’ policy on Ukraine
2015-05-20W ostatnich tygodniach ma miejsce natężenie rosyjskich działań dyplomatycznych w sprawie Ukrainy. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Ukraine threatens to suspend repayments of its foreign debt
2015-05-20Tadeusz IwańskiKyiv wants to put pressure on foreign lenders to agree to the restructuring and partial waiver of its debt. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Schäuble suggests Britain’s concerns can be addressed in talks over the Eurozone’s future
Schäuble suggests Britain’s concerns can be addressed in talks over the Eurozone’s futureDavid Cameron will fly to Riga tonight to start his push for reform of the EU. The Times reports that the UK Prime Minister wants other member states to acknowledge that the euro is not the EU’s ‘single currency’ – and to write the...
An EU Special Envoy for Ukraine?
As EU leaders gather for a summit in Riga to discuss the union’s Eastern neighborhood, they should consider appointing a special representative for Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Glitz Meets Politics: an Australian Viewer’s Guide to Eurovision Voting
There is no denying that Eurovision is political, and separating the geopolitics of Europe from this contest remains impossible. After years of being sidelined as observers, 2015 marks the year Australians can finally get involved in the Eurovision Song Contest. Not only will Guy Sebastian become our first official entry, but Australians will...
Russia: US Not Always Constructive in Ukraine’s Affairs
Russia’s Foreign Minister has criticized the United States for participating in Ukraine’s affairs… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Moscow Patriarchate Rapidly Losing Out in Ukraine—and Beyond
The Moscow Patriarchate is rapidly losing influence in Ukraine and may be dissolving from below. These trends could open the way to the formation of a single autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church, independent of Moscow, and undermine the influence of Patriarch Kirill and his Church at home and abroad. More than half of all the parishes of the...
