Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Prominent Ukrainian bishop awarded France’s top honour – Knight of the Legion of Honour
Borys Gudziak, Ukraine’s catholic bishop in Paris, has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour in France’s New Year honours list. The order, established by Napoleon Bonaparte back in 1802, is the highest decoration in France. Bishop Borys, who is president of the Ukrainian Catholic University, has spent his...
Christmas Approaches
We wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas as 2015 approaches. This year, when so very much has been upended and so many assumptions cast aside, we offer a special wish to our friends in Ukraine, where Moscow seems intent on dragging a reluctant people back into its embrace; and Azerbaijan, where Russia’s puppet Armenia seems to finally...
Russia Stretches, The World Bends
Russia is doing fly-bys of the Baltic countries; sending naval groups to the edge of international waters in Europe and North America; and is undertaking readiness exercises across its territory. It is not 1981. The sanctions have not broken Moscow. It is not 1933. The collapse of oil prices has not driven the Kremlin into retreat. It is not...
Moldova’s Elections Carry Mixed News
Moldova’s elections briefly made the news as a strong affirmation of its commitment to Europe. The news is right and wrong. Undeniably, poor, confused Moldova will keep plodding toward Europe even as the EU bungles opportunity after opportunity in the face of a revanchist Russia — for now. But the real news is not a poll win expected by...
Yes, Russia’s Military Is Getting More Aggressive
As Russia’s relations with the U.S. and Europe have deteriorated following Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, fly-bys of European neighbors by Russian aircraft have taken on new urgency. How should the West think about these provocative flights in light of understanding Russia’s nuclear threat? …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Christmas Church Services in London – Schedule 2015
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family Duke Street (corner of Weighhouse), Mayfair, London Office: 21 Binney Street, London W1K 5BQ – Tel.: 020 76 29 1534 CHRISTMAS & THEOPHANY SCHEDULE 2015 4 January 2015: Sunday before Christmas – Ancestors of Christ From 8:00 AM tо 2:00 PM – Confessions 8:00 AM – Divine Liturgy, distribution of...
Maybe 1914 wasn’t so bad: It gave us these famous babies
One hundred years ago might have been the start of the Great War, but by any measure, the 20th century rocked when it came to famous babies born in the year ’14. Our annual list of centenary births begins with some of the most important people in modern history.Start with two scientists whose work saved uncounted millions of lives: Jonas...
Radio Free Acton: Remembering Holodomor with Luba Markewycz
In this edition of Radio Free Acton, Paul Edwards speaks with Luba Markewycz of the on Radio Free Acton: Remembering Holodomor with Luba Markewycz… The post Radio Free Acton: Remembering Holodomor with Luba Markewycz appeared first on Acton Institute PowerBlog.Related posts:Video: Lessons from Ukraine’s Holodomor and Soviet Communism Radio...
Resolutions 2015: Foreign and defense policy
For a sneak peek at the entire Resolutions 2015 blog series, download AEI Essentials to your mobile device.With the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham, a North Korean cyberattack, President Barack Obama’s diplomatic opening with Cuba, and Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula as its newest territory, the...
2014: A Year in Review
2014 was full of dramatic developments and unexpected turn of events. Some of them, such as the annexation of Crimea and Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, were hard to predict. Others, like Western sanctions, Russia’s expulsion from the G8, and the economic recession, had been ripening for a long time. Here, IMR recounts this...
