Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia Rules Out Returning Crimea to Ukraine
March 17, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Cold Reception for Kyiv’s Autonomy Offer, Papal Envoy Welcomed in Belarus
Plus, details of Russian ‘troll factories’ emerge and Hungary adjusts to new restrictions on Sunday shopping. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kremlin: Crimea Will Not Return to Ukraine
Russia said on Tuesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine, despite warnings by the United … …read more Source: American Security Council...
Schäuble: New Greek government has again destroyed trust
Schäuble: New Greek government has again destroyed trustGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble told a conference yesterday, “The new Greek government has again destroyed all the trust that had been won back…Until November, Athens was on a road that could have led it to exit the crisis. This has gone. I don’t know what to do now with...
Corporate debt securities market in Poland: state of art, problems, and prospects for development
The development of the Polish corporate bonds market resulted from changes from the supply side. When the Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, Polish entrepreneurs realized that financing their companies’ operations only with the use of credit, even if contracted from different sources, might not be the best idea. Consequently, Polish business...
NATO’s Strategic Adaptation
In reaction to the Ukraine crisis, NATO allies decided at the September 2014 Summit in Wales on the most fundamental military adaptation of the Alliance since the end of the Cold War. The objective is a large scale reinforcement and reorganisation of defence capabilities. Collective defence has thereby been reinstated as the core task of NATO,...
Judicial reform: public opinion poll, judges and experts surveys
Public opinion poll was conducted by Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with Razumkov Center Sociology Service on December 19-24, 2014. 2008 respondents aged 18 and older were polled in all regions of Ukraine, except for AR Crimea. Theoretical sampling error is 2.3%. …read more Source: Centre for Political and...
Dealing with Ukraine’s critical financial and economic challenges
Event Information March 17, 2015 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM EDTSaul/Zilkha Rooms Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event Most attention on Ukraine over the past six months has focused on the conflict that the Ukrainian military has fought with separatists and Russian forces in the eastern part...
Getting the Balance Right: Italy and the Ukrainian Crisis
On March 4–5, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited Kyiv and Moscow during a diplomatic trip aimed at enhancing Italy’s role as meditator in the Ukraine conflict. Renzi paid a visit to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, before travelling to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Renzi also paid a visit to the place...
Putin’s Disappearing Act May Be Sign of Leadership Crisis
For the past week and a half, the main topic for political speculation on the Russian Internet—but not on state-run TV—was the disappearance of President Vladimir Putin from all public events, and even from the Eurasian summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, which had to be postponed until March 20. The hosts were rather irritated by the lack of...
