Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Irritation at the Kremlin following the gas arbitration
On 2nd March the CEO of Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller, announced that two gas agreements with the Ukrainian company Naftogaz would be terminated. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Pakistan: A Reckless Mortgage
China’s total investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is pegged at $62 billion[1]. Detailed statistics are available for projects worth $42.6 billion, of which the power sector commands the largest portion, followed by roads, rail and urban infrastructure. So far, projects worth $2.3 billion have been completed and ones valued at...
Ukraine’s major success at 4YFN and MWC
Written by: Sergiy Vakarin, UkraineIS Chairman Photos: Vitaly Mamchyn UkraineIS conducted Ukraine@4YFN-MWC event at the Mobile World Congress – Four Years From Now venue. 4YFN team also asked me to judge startup pitches from all over the world. Many Ukrainian companies participate in the MWC. Ukrainian presence was noticeable despite overwhelming...
What the Media Isn’t Telling You About America’s True Intentions in Syria
Just days ago, Israel openly voiced its frustrations with the United States for not taking a stronger role in countering Iran’s growing influence in neighboring Syria, a red line for Israel that has them planning to assault Syria’s sovereignty in order to defend its interests. “It is convenient for the Americans to let us be their...
Kennan Cable No. 31 – West or East: The (Un)Predictable Choice of Ukrainian Migrants
Introduction …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
The U.S. Must Take Swift Action to Stop Russia’s Aggression
By: Frederick W. Kagan and Catherine Harris Originally published in The Hill. Vladimir Putin is distracting Western leaders from the real threat Russia poses through ostentatious displays of nuclear and conventional military power. He makes bombastic announcements of nuclear weapons technology and exercises of mechanized forces to intimidate us...
Naftohaz’s victory over Gazprom: the Arbitral Tribunal’s award on the transit contract
On 28 February, Naftohaz announced that the Arbitral Tribunal in Stockholm had handed down a favourable ruling for the Ukrainian side in its dispute with Gazprom. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Social Networks Are Creating a Global Crisis of Democracy
Jan 19, 2018It wasn’t supposed to be this way. For a time, it seemed as if the internet was on democracy’s side, helping the crowds in Cairo’s Tahrir Square or Kiev’s Maidan topple terrible tyrants. …read more Source: Belfer Center for Science and International...
Bear at the Door: Poland Ponders its Strategic Environment
Russian behavior has long influenced how safe Poles feel. Centuries of fending off or being subjugated by Russia (or, its 20th-century incarnation, the Soviet Union) have left them with an abiding mistrust of their big and often unfriendly eastern neighbor. Needless to say, Russia’s recent aggressiveness in Eastern Europe has put many Poles...
Putin’s Science Fiction
Security On 1 March 2018, President Putin delivered a message to the Russian parliament. Other representatives of Russia’s ruling class were also sitting in the room, as is traditionally the case. Almost a half of the two-hour speech was devoted not to political and socio-economic proposals but, instead, exclusively to a story of...