Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukrainе 2014-2015: Overcoming Challenges (assessments)
Content of the issue: Ukraine-2014: A Year of HardshipsForecasts-2015Public Opinion on the Results of 2014Read the issue Ukraine 2014-2015: Overcoming Challenges (assessments) …read more Source: Razumkov...
A Year After Maidan: Why Did Viktor Yanukovych Flee After Signing the Agreement With the Opposition?
February 25, 2014, Ukraine’s then-president Viktor Yanukovych surprised the world by fleeing his country, just after an agreement had been reached with the country’s opposition. One eventful year later, Eurasia Outlook asked several experts why they think Yanukovych fled when he did. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for...
Does Russia’s Protest Movement Have a Future?
On March 1, an “anti-crisis march” organized by Russian opposition leaders is set to be held in Moscow. Its goal is to protest against the war in Ukraine and to show people’s frustration with the economic crisis. Organizers estimate that as many as 100,000 people will participate in the march. Levada Center sociologist Denis Volkov examines...
Sanctions Will Not Deter Putin
The West’s policy of imposing sanctions on Russia and sending weapons to Kyiv will not cause the Kremlin to change its course on Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Troubled Times: Stagnation, Sanctions and the Prospects for Economic Reform in Russia
Project: Russia and Eurasia Programme, Russia’s Domestic Politics24 February 2015 Dr Richard ConnollyAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme While Russia may have ‘won’ Crimea, and may even succeed in ensuring that Ukraine is not ‘won’ by the West, the price of victory may be a deterioration in long-term prospects for...
Russia’s Role in the Fall of Debaltseve
In the aftermath of concluding the Minsk Two agreements earlier this month, the strategically important Debaltseve soon fell to the Russia-backed Ukrainian separatists—amidst clear disagreement over whether or not the latest ceasefire applied to the town. During the sixteen-hour talks in Minsk, on February 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The Evolution of Ukrainian National Identity in the Crucible of Maidan and War
Volodymyr Kulyk will examine the recent evolution of Ukrainian identity in terms of its content and salience. Looking at the impact of the Euromaidan protests and the subsequent military conflict in southeastern Ukraine, he will demonstrate the Ukrainians’ greater democratic maturity on the one hand and increasing alienation from Russia on...
Hungary-Russia Nuke Deal Under Scrutiny, Bosnia Heads Toward EU
Plus, jailed activists in Azerbaijan face more charges and time behind bars, and Russia’s crisis hammers the region’s economies. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
5 questions every presidential candidate should answer: Turkey Edition
Few countries have changed so much for the worse over the past decade as Turkey. Once considered a key ally and labelled a model for democracy in the Muslim world, Turkey has increasingly become more of a liability than a partner. While President Barack Obama once called Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, one of his most trusted...
Russian Demons in Central Europe
Many of the region’s citizens have an aversion to anything Russian. That is to their detriment. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
