Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Naftogaz Is Ukraine’s Achilles’ Heel
Ukraine’s state-owned energy giant is a source of corruption that oligarchs and Russia can exploit. The EU should consider becoming a major stakeholder in the network. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine, ISIS Wars Increase Europe’s Risks in the Western Balkans
Albania’s Defense Minister Urges EU, NATO: Engage More Urgently with Ex-Yugoslav Region Europe’s peace is at risk from the wars in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq—and nowhere more than in the Balkans, where several states of the former Yugoslavia form the weakest spot in Europe’s security structures. …read more Source: Atlantic...
Hungarian Protests Swell, Fugitive Russian Official Held in Rome
Plus, a dramatic new museum of Jewish life opens in Warsaw; teacher shortage grows worse in Kyrgyzstan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kremlin Media Arm Set to Go Global, Bosnian Serbs Imprisoned for ’92 Massacre
Plus, Rosneft denies pitching a laundry list of sanctions remedies, and a new report traces Uzbekistan’s cotton profits. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Promises, Promises
A majority in Ukraine’s new parliament has signed on to reforms, but activists are holding their breath. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Relief at Ukraine Gas Deal, Kosovo President Cancels Belgrade trip
Plus, Romania’s Ponta tipped to win presidential vote; Moscow police round up thousands of Central Asian migrants. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Pro-European Parties in Coalition Talks, Poland Shifts Troops to East
Plus, slumping oil prices force Kazakhstan to trim its budget; Baltics welcome floating energy platform. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
George Soros on Ukraine: Europe Is Sleeping Through Its Decisive Fight
Billionaire investment magnate and pro-democracy philanthropist George Soros has sounded what he says is a wake-up call to Europe (and to the United States) over a failure to see that it is “facing a challenge from Russia to its very existence.” You can read here his full 3,200-word essay for the New York Review of Books, or take in his main...
A Night in War-Shattered Lugansk: Russian Soldiers Share Vodka with Western Journalists
‘You Didn’t See Us Here,’ Officer Admonishes, as Moscow Keeps Military Options in Ukraine As Ukrainians elect a parliament this weekend, new evidence pops up of Russia’s military role in their country: Western journalists this week found destroyed Russian tanks in Donetsk—and very live (if somewhat drunk) Russian soldiers happy...
Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working
The gas supply deal signed in Brussels yesterday among Russia, Ukraine and the European Union “is perhaps the clearest indication yet that sanctions imposed on Russia are working in terms of changing Russia’s behavior,” writes Timothy Ash, an economist who directs emerging markets strategy at Standard Bank in London. …read more...
