Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine: The crisis, the people and a global conflict
The disputes in and around Ukraine can be found in the daily headlines. The conflict’s effects can also be felt in Germany. But it is difficult to get a clear picture of where exactly the interests of the different parties lie. The political context is one side of the medal; the question about the situation of the people in Ukraine is the...
Moldovan Parliamentary Elections: What Happened?
With most of the votes counted from the November 30 parliamentary elections, pro-EU parties hold a narrow lead, but it remains unclear what government they will be able to form. With conflict in neighboring Ukraine, close scrutiny from Russia, and EU soul-searching, what is now in store for Moldova’s EU ambitions? Oana Serafim, the director...
Ukraine Picks Foreign Economic Chiefs, Balkans Dissect Cancelled South Stream Project
Plus, Mongolia relaunches a big coal mining tender, and a report claims Russia could start filtering the Internet at levels never before seen. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Battle for the Siberian Harvest
The region’s farmers are called heroes for weathering terrible conditions but likely feel more like martyrs. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Video: Lessons from Ukraine’s Holodomor and Soviet Communism
The Acton Institute is currently hosting an art exhibit called “Holodomor: Through the Eyes of a Child” in our Prince-Broekhuizen Gallery at the Acton Building. It features artworks created by contemporary Ukrainian children commemorating the great famine of the 1930s that was inflicted upon Ukraine by Stalin, resulting in the deaths of almost 7...
A tale of two leaders and two elections
Before the recent nationwide elections in Taiwan and the U.S. in November, Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou and U.S. President Barack Obama shared one overriding thing: low approval ratings. On the eve of the American mid-term elections, Obama’s favorable-unfavorable margin was the lowest it had been since he was first elected to the...
New Trio of EU Leaders Has Chance to Make a Difference
From the Ukraine crisis to the fight against the Islamic State, the Tusk-Juncker-Mogherini trio has many opportunities to put the EU on the map. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Dialogue with the Eurasian Union on Ukraine – an opportunity or a trap?
2014-12-01Adam EberhardtThe very recognition of the Eurasian Union as a party to the talks by the EU would set a precedent with significant consequences for European security. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Bulgarian Pols Point Fingers on South Stream, OSCE Brokers New Ukraine Cease-Fire
Plus, Kyrgyzstan weighs ‘foreign agents’ law for NGOs, and Serbia seeks a group behind anti-Roma fliers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Novorossiya!
In April, in a four-hour call-in show televised across Russia, Vladimir Putin assigned the name New Russia—Novorossiya—to the lands in Southeastern Ukraine he claimed were and are historically part of Russia. The term Novorossiya had been used only once before in history, during the three decades from the late 18th to the early 19th centuries, to...
