Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Fulani Herdsman Rampage Through Dundu Village, Kwall District, Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria
BackChannels’ source has reported nineteen men, three women, and three children killed by Fulani herdsman Monday night (March 12, 2018) in Dundu Village, Kwall District, Bassa Governate, Plateu State, Nigeria. The attack follows by three days the burning of 50 homes and the killing of two children, twins, and 9 adults in Jos, the capital of...
The View from MIPIM 2018
Emerging Europe has spent the past three days in the sunshine at Cannes, at MIPIM – the annual investment and real estate fair. As big as ever, this year’s event placed a great deal of emphasis on innovation, talent and skills, all combining to create solutions that the world’s cities are currently facing. It’s with not a small...
MEPs back Ukraine-style ‘association’ deal for post-Brexit UK
MEPs have backed a Ukraine-style “association agreement” as the model for future EU-UK relations after Brexit. …read more Source:...
Boxing for a European Kyiv
Mayor of Kyiv and former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko finds a few minutes in his busy schedule at MIPIM 2018 to talk to Emerging Europe’s Craig Turp about how the future of Kyiv – and all Ukraine – is inside Europe. Boxing for a European Kyiv was originally published on Emerging-Europe.com. …read more Source:...
Russian spy attack: how likely is a British cyber offensive against Putin’s regime?
The tension between the UK and Russia following the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has escalated – with British prime minister Theresa May apparently indicating that a cyberattack could be one option of retaliation against the alleged involvement of Vladimir Putin’s regime. Serious concerns have been expressed...
A bridge over troubled water? The Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) and the security-development nexus in EU external policy
The enduring civil war in Syria, the fragile security situation in the Sahel and the armed conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass region demonstrate that the European Union (EU) is currently confronted with complex security challenges. To provide an adequate response to these challenges, the EU seeks to implement a “joined-up” approach to its...
The UK should accept that it is in a new Cold War with Russia
It’s becoming likely that the Russian state has been involved in another killing in Britain. Regardless of the detail, Russia has malign intent to this country. We should respond in three ways; accept, understand and act. First, we need to accept that we are in a new cold war, with the Russian Federation. This is not a pleasant fact. We may...
Putin vs. Political Apathy
By Ekaterina Zolotova On March 18, Russians will head to the polls, and they will re-elect Vladimir Putin as their president. The conclusion is foregone. And yet his behavior of late hardly resembles that of someone with a guaranteed victory. He has gone to great lengths to sideline potential rivals, he has demonized his favorite strawman, the...
Fintech, blockchain and digital security at MWC & 4YFN
Many important announcements were made at the Mobile World Congress and 4YFN 2018 far beyond the Galaxy S9 / S9+, Xperia XZ2, animated emojis and 3D selfies that were shown by Samsung and Sony. Blockchain and cybersecurity were among the particularly hot topics during the event. I started my journey from the State of the […] …read more...
Death brought to Donetsk under a Russian Flag
Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv on March 13 to remember the first victim of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine in Donbas, and all other civilians killed during the senseless conflict. Many of those present had themselves been forced into exile or fled for their lives after Russian and Russian-backed militants seized control in March –...
