Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Picks Foreign Economic Chiefs, Balkans Dissect Cancelled South Stream Project
Plus, Mongolia relaunches a big coal mining tender, and a report claims Russia could start filtering the Internet at levels never before seen. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Battle for the Siberian Harvest
The region’s farmers are called heroes for weathering terrible conditions but likely feel more like martyrs. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Video: Lessons from Ukraine’s Holodomor and Soviet Communism
The Acton Institute is currently hosting an art exhibit called “Holodomor: Through the Eyes of a Child” in our Prince-Broekhuizen Gallery at the Acton Building. It features artworks created by contemporary Ukrainian children commemorating the great famine of the 1930s that was inflicted upon Ukraine by Stalin, resulting in the deaths of almost 7...
A tale of two leaders and two elections
Before the recent nationwide elections in Taiwan and the U.S. in November, Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou and U.S. President Barack Obama shared one overriding thing: low approval ratings. On the eve of the American mid-term elections, Obama’s favorable-unfavorable margin was the lowest it had been since he was first elected to the...
New Trio of EU Leaders Has Chance to Make a Difference
From the Ukraine crisis to the fight against the Islamic State, the Tusk-Juncker-Mogherini trio has many opportunities to put the EU on the map. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Dialogue with the Eurasian Union on Ukraine – an opportunity or a trap?
2014-12-01Adam EberhardtThe very recognition of the Eurasian Union as a party to the talks by the EU would set a precedent with significant consequences for European security. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Bulgarian Pols Point Fingers on South Stream, OSCE Brokers New Ukraine Cease-Fire
Plus, Kyrgyzstan weighs ‘foreign agents’ law for NGOs, and Serbia seeks a group behind anti-Roma fliers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Novorossiya!
In April, in a four-hour call-in show televised across Russia, Vladimir Putin assigned the name New Russia—Novorossiya—to the lands in Southeastern Ukraine he claimed were and are historically part of Russia. The term Novorossiya had been used only once before in history, during the three decades from the late 18th to the early 19th centuries, to...
All but One Faith Persecuted in Crimea
The de facto regime targets leaders and monitors members of various religious groups. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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...
