Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
US, Ukraine Start Military Training, Defying Russian Fury
April 20, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
The process of decentralisation should be speeded up
Legal Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Musiyaka told the Obozrevatel website about the process of decentralisation in Ukraine. During the constitutional execution of decentralisation in Ukraine, many forms of local communities will be considered, including the form of Polish voivodeships. Ukraine has already introduced the necessary...
Will Russia dare to start a special operation “The Baltics”
In his column for the Novoe Vremia Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi wrote about a possible Russia’s scenario to destabilize Baltic states. …read more Source: Razumkov...
U.S. ‘Sorry’ for Polish Holocaust Remark, Serb Leader Visits Srebrenica Memorial
Plus, the UN warns of a rising civilian toll in eastern Ukraine, and rights advocates want more pressure on Baku ahead of the first European Games. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A War of Values With Russia
No one should be fooled by the Kremlin’s spin doctors: The conflict in Ukraine is not about Ukraine, Russia, or even NATO. Russia’s policy is being driven by its leaders’ fear and loathing of democracy, and the West must respond accordingly. …read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Political Murders in Kiev, US Troops to Ukraine
Last week two prominent Ukrainian opposition figures were gunned down in broad daylight. They join as many as ten others who have been killed or committed suicide under suspicious circumstances just this year. These individuals have one important thing in common: they were either part of or friendly with the Yanukovych government, which a...
Weekend catch-up: Carter in the Pacific, sectarianism, Iranian nuclear negotiations, Mullah Omar biography and more
This week, the new Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program, Euan Graham, gave an assessment of US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s recent visit to Asia. The tour followed a particularly forceful speech the Secretary gave last week on the US pivot: The logic of visiting Tokyo and Seoul ahead of other...
Ukraine Crisis Is a Geopolitical Game Changer
Russia’s aggression abroad and repression at home have altered the basic assumptions of earlier Western policy. By misjudging the tolerance for aggression in Europe, Moscow is bringing on the encirclement it fears. The West is now better prepared to deal with any further aggression and more confident that Ukraine’s future will be as...
Belarus Comes Under Criticism From Both Sides
A worsening economy, a strengthening national identity, a demographic recovery, and growing Russian criticism of Belarus’s sense of nationhood apart from Russia continue to dominate the news emanating from Belarus. In February 2015, registered economic output was 3 percent below that in February 2014; throughout the first two months of the...
Ukraine’s Bond Restructuring: Surgery, Conspiracy, and Campaign
Debt restructuring is the second largest source of outside financing for Ukraine’s new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. The Fund itself brings $17.5 billion over four years; $9.6 billion comes from governments and other multilaterals (including Europe, the United States, and most recently, China), leaving $15.3 billion for the...
