Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kyiv May End Cease-Fire, Russian Bug Infects CIS Economies
Plus, oil majors compete for Croatian oil and gas tenders; Latvia’s controversial Ask.fm teen site relocates to Ireland …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Parliamentary election is a break between Ukraine’s future and Soviet past
Any electoral outcome will probably leave Poroshenko’s basic Western-oriented policies in place. But he may feel pressure to show a harder line against Russia and the rebels, since anti-Russian voices will gain in number and former Yanukovych allies, who were friendlier to Russia, will fade, writes the Washington Post. “This is a break...
The People’s Front won the party-list vote because Ukrainians trusted Yatsenyuk
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on his parliamentary party today to support Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister, saying the country needs to be united “as never before” following Oct. 26 elections, the Bloomberg writes. The People’s Front won the party-list vote because Yatsenyuk campaigned on “clear messages” and many...
Parliamentary coailition will unite behind Ukraine’s future accession to the EU
In recent parliamentary election backing for billionaire President Petro Poroshenko’s party and the Popular Front of his Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk tops 40 percent, while the Regions Party of deposed leader Viktor Yanukovych wasn’t running. Poroshenko wants to build a coalition with other pro-European parties, the Bloomberg...
The People’s Front success gives Yatsenyuk a serious claim to stay on as premier
The People’s Front and Poroshenko’s bloc were neck-and-neck with 21.9 percent and 21.5 percent after almost 73 percent of ballots had been counted for party lists in recent parliamentary election in Ukraine, the Bloomberg reports. The showing for Yatsenyuk’s party gives him “a very serious claim” to stay on as premier, according...
The Cradle Will Fall
In Russia, parents of babies with developmental disabilities face pressure from both society and the medical establishment to abandon their children at birth. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s New Government: Here’s What to Expect
Amid Horse-Trading by Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk, a New Parliament Speaker Is Likely The Atlantic Council’s Kyiv-based senior fellow, Brian Mefford, writes on the likely makeup of Ukraine’s post-election government. His key observations are below, and you can read his detailed analysis on his own blog. …read more Source: Atlantic...
Apakan on Ukraine: “To Be Present Is Important”
On November 3rd, IPI’s Vienna office hosted Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Since April 14, 2014, Ambassador Apakan has led the approximately 300 international monitors from more than 40 OSCE participating states that are...
Russian-Ukraine Gas Deal Gives Moscow the Leverage and Europe the Energy
Ukrainians Will Get Gas, Too, But Their Cost and Risk of Cutoffs Remain High European Union leaders in Brussels may be celebrating the gas deal signed Thursday between Ukraine and Russia as an assurance of Russian gas supplies to Europe this winter, but Ukrainians can at best take cold comfort from the agreement. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther...
5 national security priorities for Congress
Whatever the result of Tuesday’s midterm elections, the fundamental dynamics in Washington are unlikely to change. Neither party will have 60 votes in the Senate, the House GOP will still contain divided factions and the president will surely continue to focus on solidifying his major legislative accomplishment in Obamacare. While more...
