Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Last Chance for Ukraine and Europe
Ukraine has reached a critical point in its survival struggle; but so, too, has the European Union. And the line beyond which all possible scenarios worsen – for Ukraine and the EU alike – may be just days or weeks away. …read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Karimov Heads for Fourth Term in Uzbekistan, Crimea’s Tatars Fear End is Near for TV Station
Plus, Soros urges the West to invest in Ukraine, and Hungary’s far-right leader presents a ‘modern, urban guy’ image. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Victory for the UK as ECB abandons push to move euro clearing inside Eurozone
Victory for the UK as ECB abandons push to move euro clearing inside EurozoneThe ECB and the Bank of England yesterday announced “a series of measures aimed at enhancing financial stability in relation to centrally cleared markets within the EU.” The move will include “extending the scope” of the Euro/Pound swap lines between the banks. As part...
Bye-Bye, Abkhazia, Crimea, South Ossetia!
European governments are powerless to prevent the erosion of the security architecture set out in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Identity and Violence in Ukraine
Since the Maidan protests erupted at the end of 2013 Ukrainian society has witnessed a deep transformation, in which polarising as well as consolidating tendencies can be identified. The “Revolution of Dignity” and Russia’s violation of the country’s territorial integrity have strengthened Ukrainian identity in a way that has enhanced...
Repeal, Don’t Reform the IMF!
A responsible financial institution would not extend a new loan of between 17 and 40 billion dollars to a borrower already struggling to pay back an existing multi-billion dollar loan. Yet that is just what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) did last month when it extended a new loan to the government of Ukraine. This new loan may not make...
Common Currency for the Eurasian Economic Union: Testing the Ground?
On March 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin, while on a visit to Astana, Kazakhstan, said that Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan—the three main founding members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), and formerly Eurasian Customs Union—should consider creating a monetary union. As Putin argued, “working shoulder to shoulder, it would be easier for...
Why Is Russia Deploying Nuclear Weapons to Crimea?
Recently, there has been an uptick in Russian efforts to defend the placement of nuclear-capable weapons, if not actual nuclear weapons, on Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed one year ago. Notably, TU-22M3 long-range bombers, which would be able to carry and deliver such weapons, have now been deployed to Crimea....
Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa na Ukrainie: analiza i plan działań
Language Polish CASE opublikował badanie dotyczące sytuacji małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw na Ukrainie. Opracowanie zostało wydane w ramach projektu “Transfer of Know-How for Small and Mid-size Businesses in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine”, który ma na celu wsparcie sektora MŚP w tych krajach poprzez transfer wiedzy, pomoc w zmienianiu...
The fight against the influence of business on governance should be comprehensive
Since 19 March, when the Supervisory Board of Ukrtransnafta decided to dismiss the company’s Chairman Oleksandr Lazorko, and the Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments to the law on joint-stock companies, which, according to its developers, should bring Ukrnafta back under control of the state, the situation around these two companies has...
