Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin’s Winning Streak
Since Russia invaded Crimea last summer, the West has relied on a strategy of economic sanctions and isolation to compel the Kremlin to stop intervening in eastern Ukraine. But Russia’s recent diplomatic successes – particular with Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan – have all but negated the effectiveness of this strategy. …read more...
Advice on ‘advice and consent’
Editor’s note: This article appears in National Review’s December 31st print edition. Access the original content here.Despite the Democratic party’s losses in November’s elections, President Obama has audaciously begun ignoring constitutional restraints in order to impose his policy views. This is true not only on...
Ukraine’s Got Talent: New Anti-Corruption Bureau Includes Big Names
Still, Ukrainians Wait to See Concrete Steps to End a System of Graft Ukraine’s new government is on track to pass a painfully austere budget by the end of the year, according to the Atlantic Council’s Kyiv-based senior fellow, Brian Mefford. The other center of attention is the government’s establishment of a National...
NATO Does Not Want Ukraine to Apply for Membership
Now that Ukraine has voted to drop its non-aligned status, we are hearing an official story from Russia that “NATO has pushed Ukraine to do this.” Endlessly repeated, it is exactly opposite to the truth. Moscow’s policies over the last twelve months have changed popular opinion in Ukraine. From 1991 until 2013 every poll...
DIRECT TRANSLATION: How a Retired Russian Army Officer Sends ‘Volunteers’ to Fight in Ukraine
Kremlin Quietly Supports Mercenary Network That Sends Thousands of Fighters to Donbas War In Yekaterinburg, the main city of Russia’s Ural region, retired army officer Vladimir Yefimov organizes army veterans to fight for Russia in southeastern Ukraine, more than 1,000 miles away. While Russia’s deployment of army troops and...
Belarus and Kazakhstan: Ukraine Is not our Enemy
The Ukraine crisis has had an increasingly negative effect on Russia’s relations with Belarus and Kazakhstan, its closest allies and partners in the Customs Union and Eurasian Union. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Ukraine Crisis’s Central Asian Echoes
After the initial shock the Ukrainian crisis brought, Central Asian states have gradually come to the conclusion that they should continue dealing with Russia. Still, none of these states are prepared to be totally controlled by Russia. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
A visit to Berlin and Brandenburg
From 23 to 28 November 2014, Expert of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Kateryna Markevych participated in the programme of the visit of the representatives of economic institutions of Ukraine to Berlin and Brandenburg Development of Small and Medium Enterprises as an Engine of Economic Competition, which was supported by the Friedrich...
Roundtable “Middle class in Ukraine: life values, readiness to the association (unification), and promoting democratic standards”
On 16 December 2014, the Razumkov Centre, with the financial support of the Government of Canada, provided through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD), held the roundtable Middle Class in Ukraine: Life Values, Readiness to the Association (Unification), and Promoting Democratic Standards. A special issue of the...
The Razumkov Centre attended the Global Think Tank Summit in Geneva
On 4-7 December 2014, the Global Think Tank Summit was held in Geneva, which was organized by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme of the University of Pennsylvania (TTCSP) and Geneva Graduate Institute, supported by the UN Office at Geneva, the Government of Switzerland and other partners. The Summit was attended by representatives of...
