Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine’s Crisis is Deeper—and Loans by Its Allies More Critical—Than You May Think
Kyiv Lacks the Money to Accomplish the Aggressive Reforms that Ukrainians and the West Seek The uncertainty around how much—and how soon—Ukraine might get help from international lenders is contributing to two real economic dangers facing the country: a default on its debts and a radical slashing of the budget. Ukraine’s friends—the United...
Note from Berlin: Lessons from Munich
As Europe pushes for negotiation over Ukraine, the Munich Security Conference showed the depth of division not only between Russia and the West, but between the Western partners as well. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Diplomacy, Putin, and What Comes After a Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Whatever you think about sending arms to Ukraine, the debate has clearly had a positive effect on diplomacy. Throughout January, Angela Merkel, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko, and Vladimir Putin canceled one meeting after another. …read more Source: Council on Foreign...
Why Minsk 2.0 is bound to fail
As negotiations between representatives of France, Germany, Ukraine, Russia and Russia’s proxies (aka the “separatists”) get underway in Minsk, the prospects for any fair and lasting peace accord are almost certainly nil.In Vladimir Putin’s “19th century” mentality, which so surprised and dismayed the US Secretary of State, one...
US, Germany Seek a United Front on Ukraine
Differences over arming Ukrainian security forces could vanish if Minsk talks fail, says Atlantic Council’s Burwell The question of providing defensive weapons to Ukraine’s security forces will dominate the meeting between US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on February 9. The Obama...
Ukraine’s Future Hanging in the Balance
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Merkel Talks Ukraine With Obama, Slovakia’s Same-Sex Marriage Vote Fails
Plus, the story on labor migrants in Russia gets even murkier, and a call from Kazakhstan to limit cheap Russian imports. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №11
This issue of the Newsletter contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts on most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs: domestic policy, situation in economic and energy sectors. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №11 (30 January 2015). …read more Source: Razumkov...
What threats Russian peacekeepers pose to Ukraine
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk explained to the magazine Novoie Vriemia the conditions under which international peacekeeping forces can be used to resolve the armed conflict in Donbas. The first thing to remember when discussing the topic of peacekeepers – the...
When It Comes to Nuclear Weapons, Words Are Deeds
The peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis could potentially create a more favorable political climate for nuclear arms control. The world expert community should get a head start working on these issues and hope for good will on the part of politicians. | Русский …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
