Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Participation in the roundtable “Security Challenges: Ukraine, Europe, the World”
On 6 November 2014, at the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of Ukraine, the roundtable “Security Challenges: Ukraine, Europe, the World” was held. The event was attended by prominent representatives of the diplomatic corps, the expert community, and a large student audience of the Academy. The Razumkov Centre was represented by Director of Military...
U.S. Torture Report Reverberates in Eastern Europe, Australia Might Send Coals to Kyiv
Plus, Macedonia’s EU Accession talks are put off, again, and Uzbekistan welcomes a Russian role in Central Asia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Coming Home to Rus’
A new book sheds light on the historical origins of the deadly farce playing out in the Donbas. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Ukraine-NATO partnership ranges from the political to the technical issues
Further Ukraine’s co-operation with NATO will include military consultations, which experts say will become increasingly important because Ukrainian politicians have declared defence ministry reform as one of the new government’s main priorities, the Southeast European Times website writes. “The partnership has several aspects,...
Ukrainian seaports are incapable of accommodating enough coal from abroad
The root of the energy problem facing Ukraine is the lack of coal supplied across the country from the Donbass region, now largely controlled by separatists backed by Russia, said Volodymyr Omelchenko, Director of the Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre, the Los Angeles Times newspaper writes. “Since the armed conflict started in eastern...
Ignoring risks to national security
Yesterday’s release of a critical, one-sided report on the Bush-era interrogations of terrorist leaders will assume a place in the annals of congressional recklessness. Led by Senator Dianne Feinstein and conducted only by Democrats, the partisan investigation in the short term could provoke retaliation against Americans. In the longer...
Senate Report Reveals CIA-Poland Deal, IMF Warns Ukraine of Economic Collapse
Plus, uranium smuggling gang nabbed in Moldova and Balkan tech startups learn to thrive in a difficult environment. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Is Russia’s Economic Pain Forcing Putin to Step Back on Ukraine?
Russian President’s Softened Rhetoric and Talks with Ukraine Suggest a Change Are Western economic sanctions and falling oil prices starting to deter President Vladimir Putin from his larger ambitions in the Ukraine crisis? While Putin has vowed that Russia will overcome its economic isolation, ordinary Russians are feeling increased pain...
Why EU’s problems should matter to Americans
Important American interests are at stake in what may seem, from a distance, arcane disputes within and among members of the European Union. Nonetheless, European debates over issues such as the common currency, immigration and economic regulations all reflect fundamental disputes over the EU’s ultimate purpose.Whether and how EU members...
Ukraine Peace Outlook Brightens, Baltic States in Flurry of Energy Deals
Plus, a missing Belarusian journalist turns up in KGB detention and Hungarian lawmakers debate drug tests for kids and journalists. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
