Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin and Ukraine: Expect more brutal aggression from Russia’s desperate leader
The renewal of fighting this week over the Donetsk airport in Eastern Ukraine– an important symbolic target for Russian proxy fighters—should come as no surprise. The U.S. and Western Europe should expect even more extensive Russia-directed attacks.Why? Because of the choice Vladimir Putin made five years ago, confirmed on his reelection in 2012...
Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands
Invitation OnlyResearch EventFrontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands15 Jan 2015 – 16:30 to 18:00Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Promise and Realism in Relations With Russia, Ukraine: East or WestParticipantsRichard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European Politics and Head, School of Politics and International...
On Competition in the Banking Sector in Poland and Europe Before and During the Crisis
In the past decades, the banking sector has come to be known in literature as the banking industry as it was geared to increasing profits, banks were growing, and banking products developed dynamically. It was believed that competition in the banking sector makes banks more efficient and stimulates financial innovation opening new markets (Bikker...
Donetsk Explodes Again, Polish Government Takes on Miners
Plus, Croatia’s new leader takes flak from the neighbors, and Russia says transsexuals are not banned from driving. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Deepening divisions within the Ukrainian government coalition
2015-01-14Tadeusz A. OlszańskiOstatnie tygodnie obrad nowej Rady Najwyższej ukazują coraz mocniej rysujące się linie podziału w koalicji rządzącej. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Naftogaz’s Long Road to Europe
Andriy Kobolyev, the CEO of Naftogaz, wants to integrate Ukraine’s energy sector into the EU. That, he believes, would end Gazprom’s political grip over his country. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Independent Ukraine is in a state of war for the first time in its history
Relatives of Ukrainian protesters killed in the clashes that led to the ouster of Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych have yet to see justice. And the costs of revolution are adding up, reports the Voice of America. Thousands have died in ongoing fighting with Russia-backed rebels in the east, a major challenge for Ukraine’s new...
“35 informal practices in the criminal justice of Ukraine”
The Report analyzes informal practices that have been in place in the course of application of the new Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine dd. April 13, 2012. …read more Source: Centre for Political and Legal...
The Russian Threat Runs Out of Fuel
For Europe, the defining event of 2014 was Russia’s annexation of Crimea and military intervention in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, which directly challenged Europe’s renunciation of the use of force to alter national borders. But Russia is no longer in any position to sustain its aggressive foreign policy. …read more...
Russia to Beef Up Crimean Defenses, No Cure in Sight for Kazakh Sleeping Sickness
Plus, Bulgaria broaches another Black Sea gas scheme and an opposition activist gets a long prison term in Tajikistan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
