Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Europe Must Stand Its Ground Against Russia
For years, the EU was extremely cautious not to provoke Russia. But with Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, the EU now has to accept that the situation has changed. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Poland’s Tusk Takes Over Top EU Post, Moldova’s Pro-West Alliance Likely to Retain Power
Plus, the pope urges Turkey to open doors to Armenia, and a new Russian convoy enters eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Customs Union’s Strength is Its Weak Link: Oil Prices Threaten Putin’s Project
Kazakhstan’s bank is about to break, and it’s all because oil and natural gas went cheap fast. Last week, falling in with Moscow, Astana announced that it will be tapping its oil wealth fund to steady its petroleum-dependent economy as the price of crude falls against a worldwide economic slump and what appears to be a budding...
These Guns Have Never Been Silent
They say that to the East there is a cease-fire in place, a promise by the Russian conscripts, special operations forces, and locals allied with them not to shoot at the legitimate government of Ukraine and its representatives; and a promise by Kyiv to reciprocate this guarantee. Whenever the former break their promises, this is reported as...
The Cheapening of Oil and What It Means for US Policies
Atlantic Council’s Manning: US May Benefit, But Must Review Its Strategy, in a New World of ‘Peak Demand’ World oil prices have slipped again after the global cartel, OPEC, declined November 27 to cut the amount of crude petroleum its members pump from the earth. Instead, OPEC followed pressure from Saudi Arabia to keep its production...
Belgrade Faces Pressure over West-Russia Balancing Act
Military cooperation between Belgrade and Moscow remains limited but experts warn Serbia’s neutral stance over West-Russia tensions following the Ukraine crisis could prove untenable. …read more Source: Balkan...
Rosneft Shrugs Off Oil-Price Slide, Azerbaijani Dissident Ailing in Prison
Plus, EU’s Albania justice mission faces corruption probe, and Orban tacks back toward Europe. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Say It Loud, I’m Belarusian and Proud
Among young people in Belarus, speaking the national language instead of Russian is coming into vogue. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Ukrainian coalition agreement
2014-11-26Tadeusz A. OlszańskiThe agreement is quite a voluminous document and sets an ambitious reform agenda covering almost all areas of state governance. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
When economy fails, military tension grows
From the interview of Director of Economic Programmes Vasyl Yurchyshyn for the website From-UA. …read more Source: Razumkov...
