Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Concerns about Russia’s nuclear weapons modernization are overblown
As the Ukraine-Russia crisis deepened and West-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War, Moscow has rattled its nuclear saber. Russian strategic rocket forces have conducted an increased number of exercises, Bear bombers have probed the air defenses of NATO members, and Vladimir Putin has engaged in nuclear...
Russia Cracking Down on Human Rights in Crimea, Amnesty Reports
March 18, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Can Europe Survive Without Russia’s Natural Gas? Part I: Maybe, But It Should Not Have To
The ongoing Ukraine crisis has further politicized Russian energy trade with Europe and added a geopolitical dimension to already strained Eurasian gas relations. Fearing natural gas interruptions and Moscow’s political influence, Europe’s leaders are keen to phase out Russian gas. But Europe will not have to survive without Russian...
If the government loses public confidence, no reform will be effective
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn gave his opinion on the activities of the parliamentary coalition and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the website Replika. First of all, the society expect positive change that should occur after the implementation of the declared reforms. However, for some reason,...
German Foreign Minister Steinmeier at German peace research colloquium
Questions about the causes, dynamics of, and opportunities for the prevention and transformation of wars are highly topical. The fighting in Ukraine and the escalating violence in the Middle East are only a few of the current trouble spots. The three-day conference will cover multi-faceted conceptional questions, basic terms and empirical...
Caucasus Gas Pipeline Breaks Ground; U.S., Europe Condemn South Ossetia’s New Deal With Moscow
Plus, Kyrgyzstani leader’s secretive trip to Moldova sets the rumor mill turning, and health experts warn that TB remains a major killer in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian Institute’s in London 50-page Director’s Report now available on-line
DOWNLOAD HERE Director’s Report,PDF FROM THE DIRECTOR I am delighted to present this report of the Ukrainian Institute in London. The events of 2014 have been exceptionally turbulent and agonising for all Ukrainians across the globe, ever since the Euromaidan Revolution of Human Dignity kicked off in November 2013, followed by Russian...
Terrorists are trying to maintain tensions in Odesa and Kharkiv
Ukraine is bracing itself for a wave of terror attacks after a blast in Kharkiv ripped through a EuroMaidan memorial march on Feb. 22, killing four people, including two teenage boys, and wounding nine. The latest in a series of recent bombings, it was the first one to cause fatalities, the KyivPost newspaper reports. “There have been a number of...
Moscovici: We won’t keep Greece in the Eurozone at any price
Moscovici: We won’t keep Greece in the Eurozone at any priceEU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici told Die Welt, “We will not keep Greece in the Eurozone at any price, but under strict conditions that are acceptable to both sides. It is clear to everyone that a possible third bailout package must look different to...
Has the Russian System’s Agony Begun?
In politics, even the inevitable can take you by surprise, turning victory into disaster. This is what Vladimir Putin has yet to understand. The Russian system of personalized power has demonstrated an amazing knack for survival, by changing its costume and pretending to be its opposite for a while, after which it returns to its predatory ways....
