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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      Ukrainian governments’s forces has tried to cut off the rebels’ supply from Russia
      Jul14

      Ukrainian governments’s forces has tried to cut off the rebels’ supply from Russia

      Ukraine’s government now faces a choice on how to end the insurgency if it pursues the military option: use more heavy shelling, as in Slovyansk, or engage in an urban guerrilla war in the center of Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, the Aljazeera reports. The Ukrainian government’s antiterrorist operation thus far has tried to...

      The EU Association Agreement will allow Ukraine to obtain funding from the IMF
      Jul11

      The EU Association Agreement will allow Ukraine to obtain funding from the IMF

      Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn shared his thoughts on whether Ukraine can receive another tranche of international financial assistance, based on conclusions of the monitoring mission of the IMF, with the news agency UNIAN. As to reforms being conducted, one should admit that there are areas where changes...

      After Ukrainian forces were restructured, the operations became more effective
      Jul10

      After Ukrainian forces were restructured, the operations became more effective

      When pro-Russian rebels first fanned out across eastern Ukraine in April, seizing public buildings, ousting local officials and blockading streets and highways, the government’s security forces – a ragtag lot of poorly equipped and understaffed military and police units – were largely paralyzed by dysfunction and defection. They...

      Despite recent improvements, Ukrainian military’s work is far from done
      Jul10

      Despite recent improvements, Ukrainian military’s work is far from done

      When pro-Russian rebels first fanned out across eastern Ukraine in April, seizing public buildings, ousting local officials and blockading streets and highways, the government’s security forces – a ragtag lot of poorly equipped and understaffed military and police units – were largely paralyzed by dysfunction and defection. They...

      The peace plan of President Poroshenko showed Kyiv above all sought peace
      Jul09

      The peace plan of President Poroshenko showed Kyiv above all sought peace

      Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk spoke to the website Hlavred about the pros and cons of the peace plan of President Petro Poroshenko. There was a lot of criticism of the peace plan and its feasibility. However, I think it made some sense because Ukraine has once again...

      Ukraine’s regional integration policies: The EU versus the Eurasian community
      Jul09

      Ukraine’s regional integration policies: The EU versus the Eurasian community

      It would be a gross mistake to attribute its existence to the mere political preferences of any factually ruling political groups and their lack of desire to make a decisive choice …read more Source: Razumkov...

      Ukrainian-Russian economic relations: unexpected changes and new challenges for Ukraine
      Jul09

      Ukrainian-Russian economic relations: unexpected changes and new challenges for Ukraine

      Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has been playing an extremely important, though permanently changing, role in Ukraine’s development. But the last 2013 year brought with it the most radical change in the scope and character of these relations, starting with serious tensions that pushed their mutual trade very close to...

      Чим небезпечний тероризм в Україні?
      Jul09

      Чим небезпечний тероризм в Україні?

      Чим небезпечний тероризм в Україні? Олексій Мельник,...

      Economic and social challenges of Ukraine after the change of power
      Jul09

      Economic and social challenges of Ukraine after the change of power

      The new Ukrainian leadership that came to power in the end of February 2014 has faced a set of substantial challenges the answer to which will decisively determine the level of its legitimacy, their public support and their ability to retain the power. The extreme level of difficulties that now Ukraine confronts are determined by a unique...

      External discipline is needed to reform Ukrainian economy
      Jul09

      External discipline is needed to reform Ukrainian economy

      Ukraine signed a sweeping economic and trade agreement with the European Union on last Friday, finally completing a trade deal that plunged it into a revolution and ongoing conflict with its closest neighbour, Russia. The deal would remove tariffs on around 98 per cent of the goods traded between Ukraine and the EU, and could begin the process of...