Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
1917: The Empire’s Diverging Revolutions
We have long acknowledged and taught that 1917 was not one but many revolutions, including parallel, sometimes overlapping, but often conflicting movements of soldiers, workers, peasants, white-collar workers, and other intelligentsia and social groups. But all these revolutions were refracted through national, imperial, and colonial prisms, so...
Russia’s Unlikely Withdrawal from Syria
Russian soldier with PKM machine gun (Modernizirovanniy Pulemyot Kalashnikova), image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 636, November 7, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Moscow’s intervention in the Syrian civil war boosted the reputation of the Russian military, afforded it valuable training, and enhanced Moscow’s...
Desperate plea from Ukrainian prisoner who attempted suicide over plans to take him to Russia
Andriy Lugin, one of at least two Crimean prisoners who have slashed their throats in protest at being taken against their will to Russia, has addressed an open appeal to the Ukrainian government and international community on behalf of all Ukrainian prisoners whom Russia is illegally foisting its citizenship upon. …read more Source:...
New surreal confessions from Ukrainian ‘SBU agent’ seized by Russia backed Donbas militants
Oleksandr Polishchuk’s ‘confessions’ on video would elicit humour were it not for the regular reports of unnamed ‘spies’ and ‘saboteurs’ being sentenced to up to 22 years” imprisonment. DPR leader Oleksandr Zakharchenko has also recently suggested that people he called ‘spies’ might simply be shot. …read...
Naftogaz, Ukraine’s Biggest Taxpayer, Faces Uncertain Future
On September 19, two members of the independent supervisory board of the state-owned Ukrainian energy giant Naftogaz made a statement in which they announced their intent to resign. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
After Ukraine’s Leap to Freedom: Hope Tethered
Today’s post-Soviet Europe is a region characterized by unpredictable, fragile, and disruptive development. Expectations of democracy and well-being in independent Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, and Belarus have not been realized in the twenty-six years since the dissolution of the USSR. On the contrary, these states have been subjected to...
The Language Issue in Ukraine, Again
On September 25, 2017, the Ukrainian president signed off on the Law on Education, which had been approved by the parliament twenty days before. This law, which had long been anticipated as a means of launching educational reform and somewhat prematurely praised by the U.S. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
U.S. Coal for Ukraine: Vital Necessity or Political Benefits Seeking?
In June 2017, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko visited the United States and met U.S. president Donald Trump. After that meeting President Poroshenko announced that Ukraine would be importing anthracite from the United States. On September 13 the first shipment was delivered to Ukraine. After the start of the military conflict in Donbas in...
Watch List: Nov. 6, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Corruption and Conflict in Ukraine: Could Civilian Oversight be a Remedy?
Invitation Only Research Event 13 Nov 2017 – 16:00 to 17:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Katherine Dixon, Director, Defence and Security, Transparency International Olena Tregub, Member, Independent Defence Anti-Corruption Committee; Head, International Development Assistance Coordination, Ministry of Economic Development...
