Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Escalation Of Fighting In East Ukraine Leaves Ceasefire In Tatters
June 4, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine Crisis Torpedoes Russia’s Naval Expansion
June 4, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
UN Cites More Abuses in Crimea, Kazakhstan Vies for Uranium Bank
Plus, an Uzbekistani rights activist alleges abuse and humiliation, and Azerbaijan throws cash at the European Games. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The State of the War
The situation for civilians in Eastern Ukraine is dire …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Weak government, strong society
In post-Maidan Ukraine, failing governmental action is substituted by voluntary work. While the Ukrainian state is failing in many aspects, Ukrainian society is very strong. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Kyiv and the regions
Ukraine has been an over-centralised state since its independence from the Soviet Union, but now the notion of “decentralisation” has taken hold in even tiny villages. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Another late night meeting fails to find agreement on Greece
Another late night meeting fails to find agreement on GreeceGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his five-hour meeting last night with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem was “constructive”, adding that he believed an agreement was “in sight” but called on the creditors to be “realistic”....
Europe Cannot Afford to Wobble Over Ukraine
European leaders should not be tempted into believing that Russia has been humiliated since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The price of such thinking would be incalculable. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine Fails to Make Shale Gas Breakthrough
Ukraine’s hopes to cut its dependence on gas imports from Russia through shale gas development have been dashed. The two multinationals that won government tenders to develop non-traditional gas deposits in Ukraine, Chevron and Shell, stopped their works last year, and there is no clarity about possible shale gas development in western...
Does Russia’s ‘Hybrid War’ Really Exist?
In the early stages of the Russian military operation to annex Crimea, in February–March 2014, the level of surprise triggered in Kyiv and in Western capitals caused many journalists and analysts to seek ways to conceptualize Russia’s military and security power. The success and speed of the operation, and especially the lack of any...
