Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
BBC Panorama’s John Sweeney to hold a talk at the Ukrainian Institute
BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney will hold a talk at the Ukrainian Institute on November 7, about his film, Putin’s Gamble, which set out the evidence that the Russian army tipped the balance in the war in Ukraine and that the BUK crew who shot down MH17 were from the Russian army. The title of the talk will be “What about the killings in...
Meeting with Chairperson of the Institute for Strategic Studies (Poland)
On 30 September 2014, the meeting of experts of the Razumkov Centre, in particular Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes O. Melnyk and Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes V. Zamiatin, with Chairperson of the Institute for Strategic Studies Anna Szymanska-Klich was held. At the meeting, they discussed...
Meeting with the regional management of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
On 8 October 2014, the Razumkov Centre hosted a meeting with the representatives of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation – Regional Director for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Adam Rainer, Director of the Representative Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Ukraine and Belarus Miriam...
Harnessing the hryvnia’s rate appears politically motivated
The hryvnia fell to an all-time low of 14.175 per dollar on Sept. 22, prompting authorities to impose a rate of 12.95 on market. The currency has settled at that rate for the past two weeks, the Bloomberg writes. Many Ukrainians need dollars and euros to pay back loans and mortgages denominated in those currencies, while authorities know that the...
Meeting with Director General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden) Sven-Eric Soeder
On 26 September 2014, the meeting of Director General of the Razumkov Centre A. Rachok and Deputy Director, Director of Political and Legal Programmes Y. Yakymenko with Director General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy Sven-Eric Soeder was held. At the meeting, they discussed the issue of establishing cooperation between the organisations, the...
Russia’s War, Ukraine’s History, and the West’s Options
In Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, history was presented as justification for war. Is there any resemblance between Russian justifications and historical consensus? What does it mean when ethnic claims trump international law? And should hate propaganda be seen simply as an instrument in one war, or an element of a larger strategy to...
The Upside of Lower Oil Prices
Movement toward sharply lower oil prices should be a prominent component of any strategy directed at disabling many of the world’s most disruptive threats: Iran’s nuclear development, ISIS, Hamas attacks on Israel, and Russia’s threat to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Needs Decentralization, Done Right
Fears that decentralization will serve big business and separatists in the east mean some in Ukraine want to stall the process. This would be wrong. It is urgent that decentralization proceed in a careful, transparent and participatory way. …read more Source: Centre for Political and Legal...
Opinion on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine
Opinion is prepared by a group of researchers and public experts on Draft Law on Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine submitted to the Parliament on June 26, 2014 by the President …read more Source: Centre for Political and Legal...
Current requirements and recommendations on constitutional reform in Ukraine of the Parliamentary Assembly and Venice Commission
Within the project “The speedometer “Ukraine – EU”: Constitutional and Judicial Reform”, financed by European Union …read more Source: Centre for Political and Legal...