Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
NATO Commander: Russia May Be Preparing New Ukraine Offensive
The NATO supreme allied commander said Thursday that the alliance needs better military intellige… …read more Source: American Security Council...
What rallying call could revive the EU’s public support?
It isn’t easy these days to be a pro-Europe politician. Trying to rally public support for the EU looks like a recipe for being thrown out of office come the next election. The anti-EU camp, by contrast, seems to have no problem at all in rallying its supporters. On the left, Greece’s Syriza rode to election victory on a plainly...
Healthcare equality must go to the top of the EU agenda
It’s not easy for European policymakers to stay ahead of the game in the face of today’s challenges. There are the high-profile external pressures from conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq and Syria, to the more distant yet hugely threatening Ebola virus. At the same time, the 28 member states of the European Union are confronting internal...
Russia’s State RIA News Agency: ‘Let the world fear us’
The May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow is designed to impress the world and the home public with Russia’s relentless military might. But no one seems to be counting the expenses. The last Soviet military parade in Red Square was in November 1990. Then, the Cold War ended, the Soviet Union collapsed and there were no parades until May 1995....
Journalists Increasingly Muzzled, Ukraine’s Economy Increasingly Battered
Plus, a Czech court considers gay adoption and the Balkans’ population continues to dwindle. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How Russia, the West, and China Made the World a Less Secure Place
The ‘Ukrainian Crisis’ has grave implications for the future of nonproliferation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №16
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 №16 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Currently it is not really possible to reformat the parliamentary coalition
Deputy Director, Director of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko explains to the website Glavnoe what is currently happening in the Verkhovna Rada and whether the parliamentary coalition is at risk of collapsing or being reformatted. All that was happening in the Verkhovna Rada last week (including rumours about...
Putin’ the NATO-Russia Founding Act to Rest
The United States is renegotiating its temporary military presence into a permanent arrangement with a NATO member state. While the country in question is not one you may expect, there is a dire need to boost deterrence capabilities via permanently stationed forces in member states with exterior borders. With Putin on the loose in Ukraine, the...
How Not to Monitor Russia’s Border With Ukraine
The OSCE has no unhindered access to check what and who enters Ukraine from Russia. That makes a mockery of the ceasefire in Ukraine and undermines the organization. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
