Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russian Special Forces and Regular Troops Lead Moscow’s Biggest Direct Offensive in Ukraine Since August
As Kremlin Escalates, the War Costs Ukraine $6 Million-Plus Daily, Atlantic Council’s Herbst Says A “substantial number” of Russian Federation special forces troops led this week’s capture of the Donetsk airport amid what appears to be Russia’s biggest direct military offensive in Ukraine since last summer. The offensive, by...
Crimea’s Vanishing Religious Communities
Re-registration requirements and other red tape are driving out priests, nuns, even visiting imams. From Forum 18. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poroshenko Insists on ‘Unitary’ Ukraine, Top Schools in Tajikistan Under Threat
Plus, Poland’s president rejects his foreign minister’s Auschwitz remark and the Paris attacks cloud Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen hopes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Investment Opportunities: Possibilities for China and Challenges for Ukraine
Director of Economic programmes at the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn contributed to the Global Review, Winter 2014 issue on the great development potential and economic benefits for Chinese investment in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Reforms are lagging far behind the pace of the deepening economic crisis
On Holos Stolytsi Radio, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko spoke about the challenges and prospects for Ukrainian industries. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Bosnia Minister Quits Over Arms Sales to Ukraine
Bosnia’s Foreign Trade Minister has resigned, citing pressures to allow ammunition sales to Ukraine, though some see other factors at play. …read more Source: Balkan...
Launch of 2014 Go to Think Tank Index Report and the Roundtable “Ukrainian Think Tanks in the Global Network of Think Tanks: Potential, Challenges and Prospects”
On 22 January 2015, the Razumkov Centre held the Roundtable “Ukrainian Think Tanks in the Global Network of Thinks Tanks: Potential, Challenges, Prospects”. The event gathered over 60 prominent experts and representatives of governmental and non-governmental organisations, representatives of the Presidential Administration and respective...
Europe’s Eastern War
The fighting in eastern Ukraine is threatening regional stability. Could it be time to involve neighboring governments and civil society in efforts to secure a ceasefire? …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Nuclear Weapons in Russia’s Amended Military Doctrine
Some experts’ concern that the amended version of the Russian military doctrine would significantly alter conditions for nuclear weapons’ use in the context of the Ukraine crisis and the resulting sharp escalation of the military and political situation has turned out to be premature. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for...
Eastern Ukraine: Deadly attack on Donetsk trolleybus as ceasefire unravels
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine: Deadly attack on Donetsk trolleybus as ceasefire unravels …read more Source: Amnesty...
