Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Video: The Economics of Conflict: Ukraine in Focus
Please join us for a timely discussion on the economic consequences of the ongoing conflict and political instability in Ukraine, as well as the opportunities for structural reform and ways that the international community can assist Ukraine overcome its significant economic challenges. Made possible by the generous support of East Magazine on...
How we can easily feed a planet of 11 billion
How big will global population be in 2100? Some 10 or 11 billion, according to the UN. But some demographers think that estimate is way to high. Back in 2013, I blogged about a projection from Sanjeev Sanyal of Deutsche Bank. His calculations find the world’s overall fertility rate falling to the replacement rate in 2025, although global...
A modern lesson for a postmodern world
It wasn’t too long ago that the European Union was being touted as “the” model for ensuring stability, peace, and prosperity in this postmodern, globalized world. And, indeed, when regional organizations like ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) looked to examples for how best to move forward, the EU was, rather than NATO,...
World Bank Forecasts Massive Ukraine Economy Contraction
April 29, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine Separatists Rewrite History of 1930s Famine
April 29, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Riga Summit Likely To Disappoint Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
April 29, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
EU Adepts Nervous Ahead of Riga Summit, Orban Calls for Death Penalty Debate
Plus, Belarusian IT leaders decry arrest of high-flying financier; embarrassment in Russia over Nazis on a billboard and undulating girls at a war monument. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Other Chernobyls
Europe has made huge investments in reviving Ukraine’s aging nuclear power plants, despite the considerable dangers they pose. With 12 of Ukraine’s 15 reactors set to reach the end of their intended lifetime, it is time for a new approach, aimed at propelling Ukraine toward a safer, more sustainable energy future. …read more...
Tennis And Diplomacy: Do Winners Need to Take All?
The Federation Cup is an international tennis competition for women professionals, the rough equivalent of the Davis Cup for men, in which countries compete as national teams. For once, Canada has been considered a rising force to be reckoned with, principally because of Eugenie Bouchard, the 21-year old beauty from Westmount, Quebec, whose...
Bilateral Ties Between Georgia and Belarus Take a New Turn
On April 22–24, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka paid his first ever official visit to Georgia. The visit was filled with pageantry and emotional declarations, as President Lukashenka met with Georgian President Giorgi Margevlashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, and the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch...
