Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Civil Society vs. Corruption: the Case of Zaporizhzhia
Invitation Only Research Event 27 February 2019 – 3:00pm to 5:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London | SW1Y 4LE …read more Source: Chatham...
Venezuela: The US’s 68th Regime Change Disaster
In his masterpiece, Killing Hope: US Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II, William Blum, who died in December 2018, wrote chapter-length accounts of 55 US regime change operations against countries around the world, from China (1945-1960s) to Haiti (1986-1994). Noam Chomsky’s blurb on the back of the latest edition says...
Ukrainian Society Ahead of the Elections
The continuing war in Ukraine plays an important role in shaping politics and public perceptions in the run-up to this year’s elections. It turns out that identity issues are much more nuanced than the campaign rhetoric suggests. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Everything is possible: Ukraine two months before the presidential election
4 February was the deadline for candidates in the presidential elections scheduled for 31 March to submit their applications to the Central Election Commission. The three favourites are: comedian and television producer Volodymyr Zelenskiy, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko. …read more...
The Agreement Over Macedonia’s Name Is a Glimmer of Hope in Europe
Greece and Macedonia have just scored a victory for democracy, stability, and their future economic prosperity in Europe. Today, the latter took a leap forward by signing its accession protocol with NATO, strengthening its security and place in the Euro-Atlantic community. Following Montenegro’s hard-won accession to NATO in 2017, the two...
A ‘last-minute’ transit contract? Russia-Ukraine-EU gas talks
On 21 January another round of trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union was held in Brussels. This meeting mainly concerned the new Russian-Ukrainian transit contract; the transit contract currently in force between Gazprom and Naftogaz will expire as of 1 January 2020. During the meeting, European Commission...
Assessing Ukrainian Grassroots Activism Five Years After Euromaidan
Pockets of energetic local Ukrainian activists are improving people’s lives and holding officials accountable, but foreign donors tend to overlook the important work they are doing. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine’s Joke of an Election
Ukrainians are deeply ambivalent about the 2019 presidential election. A widespread atmosphere of discontent has created an opening for an unlikely dark horse candidate: the comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Iraq Redux: Trump’s Venezuela ‘Regime Change’ Another Pack of Lies
(Note: This is from an RPI exclusive weekly update to our subscribers. Are you subscribed? It’s free and we’ll never sell/loan your name!)It has been just over a week since I last wrote to you, at the time just before Trump’s Venezuela regime change operation hit the mainstream media. I warned that his recognition of an...
Jeremy Hunt says “extra time” may be necessary to deliver Brexit
Jeremy Hunt says “extra time” may be necessary to deliver BrexitThe Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, yesterday raised the possibility that the UK’s departure from the European Union might be delayed by a short period for technical reasons. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, Hunt said that if the Government “ended up approving...
