Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Razumkov Centre co-organised a conference in London – “Reforms in Ukraine: Progress and Challenges in 2018”
On 24 April 2018, Razumkov Centre held a joint conference with Chatham House, Eurasia Center and Atlantic Council: “Reforms in Ukraine: Progress and Challenges in 2018”. What is the state of reforms in Ukraine? How will the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections affect Ukraine’s reforms and development prospects? What are the...
How populism can be turned into an opportunity, not a threat
Around the world, populism is on the march. The election of Donald Trump and the UK’s vote for Brexit triggered a crisis of faith in democratic institutions. And populists have been victorious in other countries including Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, Andrej Babiš in the Czech Republic, and Recep Tayyib Erdoğan in Turkey. Italy has...
IFC Makes Two New Major Agricultural Investments in Ukraine
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has announced two new major investments in the Ukrainian agricultural sector, worth a total of 42.5 million US dollars. The IFC is providing a 30 million US dollar loan to Astarta, a leading agricultural producer, to help improve its environmental efficiency and...
Effective law enforcement and justice reforms crucial for Ukraine’s future EU membership
Photos: Boris Godlevsky Written by: Serhiy Vakarin On May 19, the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform in Ukraine opened its doors for the first time. Slynn Foundation was represented by its Project Coordinator Sergiy Vakarin, UkraineIS Chairman who takes part in the reform of the law enforcement and justice sector...
,Another Roma camp set alight, this time with gunshots & racist media report
There has been another arson attack on a Roma camp in Ukraine, the third in just over a month, with this one accompanied both by shooting and by an appallingly xenophobic report on the Facebook page of a local media publication. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatar National Congress delegate seized and tortured on anniversary of Ervin Ibragimov’s abduction
Asan Egiz, delegate of the Qurultay [National Congress] of the Crimean Tatar people, was abducted on 23 May by men in police uniform. This was a chillingly brazen repeat of the abduction and disappearance exactly two years ago of another prominent Crimean Tatar Ervin Ibragimov with the only difference being that Asan Egiz was, thankfully, found,...
Russia admits complicity in abduction of Crimean Tatar activist through refusal to investigate
It is two years since 31-year-old Ervin Ibragimov, member of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, was abducted by men in road patrol uniform from near his home in Bakhchysarai. Despite video footage showing the abduction, the Russian occupation regime effectively never carried out a real investigation, which has only...
Under No Illusions
As new textbooks on Russian history, close to the Kremlin playbook, are rolled out in the country’s high schools, some teachers make clear that they are not so easily fooled. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The US overtakes Hong Kong to rank first among world’s most competitive economies
The US has broken back into the lead. shutterstock.comThe US has leapfrogged Singapore and Hong Kong to top IMD’s latest World Competitiveness Rankings. The top five most competitive economies in the world remain the same since 2016, but their order has changed. With the US at the top, Hong Kong has dropped one spot to second and Singapore...
The Paradoxes of Polish-Ukrainian Relations
BY WOJCIECH KONONCZUK The narrative that Polish-Ukrainian relations are in crisis is too simplistic. An obvious problem lies in the two countries’ different perceptions of the tragic past and the politicization of history, but less recognized is that they are engaging in an unprecedented level of cooperation in other spheres. Poland’s...