Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why energy is front and center in EU-US trade talks
When negotiations between the United States and the European Union began on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in 2013, a top priority for the Europeans was inclusion of a chapter specifically covering raw materials and energy. Although a separate energy chapter is not the norm in free trade agreements (FTAs), the North...
The Renzi-Obama summit
Last Friday’s summit between Italy and the United States was an occasion for American President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to discuss issues of mutual concerns, particularly Russia and Libya, and consolidate the personal bond they laid the ground for during their first meeting in Rome last year. The United States...
Putin’s Calculated Charm Offensive
As Russia’s economy reels from sanctions following its annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine, Moscow is doing its best to undermine European Union solidarity against Russian aggression. The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has claimed that “Cyprus is the most trustworthy voice for Russia within the EU.” But in fact...
The Disintegration Of The World
Image credit: pedrosek, ShutterstockOther Mediaquoting Michael McFaulvia The Atlantic“Was ExxonMobil worried about a skirmish in Georgia? I doubt it, but now companies like that one care a lot about the details of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The conflict in Donetsk is being closely watched day by day by multinational corporations and is...
Russia needs a Middle East crisis: Will delivering S-300s to Iran help?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision on lifting the ban on delivering to Iran the S-300 surface-to-air missiles took many experts by surprise, but U.S. President Barack Obama noted with perfect indifference that for him the only surprise was “that it held this long.” In fact, Putin’s timing was impeccable, since nobody could...
From Putin, a New Tune on Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show is not where I usually look for important statements of Russian policy. Most of the four-hour event is devoted to semi-comical political pandering (Mr. Putin presenting himself as the friend of struggling dairy farmers, for example). Still, last week’s extravaganza contained unmistakable hints of a...
Albanian Militants Stage Incident on Macedonian Border, Life Sentences for Russian Nationalist …
Plus, Azerbaijan considers Iran’s weapons offer in sign of growing rapport; Turkmenistan bans privately owned satellite dishes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The EU is not ready to waive the visa regime with Ukraine beacuase of the war in Donbas
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykhailo Pashkov told the Gordon.ua website about the barriers to Ukraine getting visa-free regime with the EU. Most likely, at the Riga Summit, the progress of Ukraine towards meeting the requirements of the European Union to get visa-free regime will...
Ukrainian economy requires the production of goods with high value added
Development of the Ukrainian domestic market is hampered by limitations in business, wage freeze, lack of investment, and high interest rates. This was stated by Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn, informs the magazine Tyzhden’. According to him, currently there are no factors at the expense of which the...
Ukraine Conflict Attracts Foreign Fighters – on Both Sides
April 22, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
