Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin pushes back: Beware the wounded Russian bear
Contrary to what he would like us to believe, things are going very poorly for Vladimir Putin these days. Having found the West more united than he expected on the issue of sanctions against Russia, he now discovers that the bottom has fallen out of the international oil market. As if that were not enough, he also finds Europe nixing his pet...
The new government will have two months to show its willingness to implement reforms
In a comment to the newspaper Vysokyi Zamok, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko assessed the activities of the previous Arseniy Yatseniuk s government and spoke about the prospects for the implementation of reforms after the parliamentary election and formation of the new government. As to the government’s...
Merkel Condemns Kremlin’s Actions, Rights Groups Decry Jailing of Azerbaijani Journalist
Plus, a cross honoring Serbs in Sarajevo is toppled, and a Czech telecom firm pulls an ad that poked at Poles. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Time to End the EU-NATO Standoff
Despite the serious implications of the Ukraine crisis, Cyprus and Turkey have imposed persistent obstacles to EU-NATO cooperation. It is time to break the deadlock. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
London’s top Ukrainian Business Event of the Year to take place this week
This Week in London – the 9th annual Ukrainian Investment Summit, taking place on December 9/10 at theRiverbank Plaza Hotel in London. The speaker line-up is now finalised! The final additions to the speaker panels include: Mohammad Zahoor, the Chairman of ISTIL Group and owner of the Kyiv Post newspaper, who will join the session of CASE STUDIES...
After Crimea – A Brave New World
Dr. Leonid Gozman, long-time democratic activist and president of the Union of Right Forces, will analyze the current Russian crisis.Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Online Freedom Slips in Russia, Ukraine; Kyiv Announces Another Cease-Fire
Plus, Hungary protests McCain’s ‘dictator’ comment and a green kitty turns heads in Bulgaria. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Grozny Attacks and Russia’s Relationship with the West
One of the most important consequences of the dramatic violence in Grozny may be the impact it has on Russia-Western relations. Amidst a stand-off with the West over Ukraine, the Kremlin may interpret this terrorist acts as “Western attempts to fuel instability inside Russia.” …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine News Roundup | December 4
It’s Not Just Ukraine: Putin Has the Whole Region Cornered via PoliticoPifer: Congress Should OK Arms for Ukraine, but Not Sanctions on Russia via The HillUkrainian Journalists Oppose Kyiv’s New Information Ministry via RFE-RLVideo: Yale Historian Tim Snyder on Ukraine and Us via Chicago Humanities FestivalEuroMaidan One Year Later...
Ukraine’s New Foreign-Born Ministers Vow to Accelerate Economic Reforms
US- and Lithuanian-Born Officials Will Be Independent, Competent—and New to Governing in Kyiv The race is on. With Ukraine’s finances running thin and the country needing a bigger bailout from its western allies, the country’s new cabinet took office this week pledging to floor the accelerator on the spending cuts and reforms needed...
