Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
EU Should Seek Further Reforms Before Offering Membership to Eastern Neighbours
23 November 2017 Cristina Gherasimov Twitter Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme (2017) The EU should reiterate firm support for current commitments and for European integration via genuine democratic transformations before promising a path to membership. Agmashenebeli Avenue in Tbilisi is turned into ‘European...
2017 New Europe 100 list is Announced
Today, 23 November 2017, Res Publica, Google, and Visegrad Insight in cooperation with Financial Times are releasing the 2017 edition of New Europe 100, which presents the list of unique challenges from Central and Eastern Europe. The New Europe 100 list consists of the outstanding people who are changing and improving the world with their...
Eastern Partnership summit and Ukraine’s ‘return to Europe’ at times of uncertainty
Ukraine’s expectations for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit. …read more Source: European Policy...
Paralysis of anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine initiated an investigation into the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
It’s Never Too Late to Set the Record Straight
November in Canada is Holodomor Remembrance Month, designed to remember one of the greatest crimes against humanity in history, a premeditated genocide perpetrated by Josef Stalin to collectivize farms and destroy Ukrainian society …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine launches spiral of illegality with abduction & expulsion of Georgians linked to Mikheil Saakashvili
Ukraine’s authorities acted in breach of Ukrainian legislation in forcibly removing Georgian nationals from Ukraine on October 21 and November 17, with consequences that are now virtually impossible to restore by legal means. This is the stark message from Valeria Lutkovska, Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsperson after investigating the...
Watch List: Nov. 22, 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...
Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus on the Eastern Partnership
The fifth Eastern Partnership summit will take place in Brussels on 24 November. This programme is perceived differently today by Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Foreign Investment in the Post-2014 Ukraine: Signs of Improvement?
The foreign direct investments (FDI) inflow in Ukraine has drastically reduced after the Euromaidan, the annexation of Crimea, and the military unrest in the East of Ukraine. This number fell from $4.5 billion in 2013 to $410 million in 2014. The Ukrainian government faced a difficult task of improving the investment climate in the country. […]...
Stalingrad
By George Friedman Note from George: I wanted to let you know about a slight change that you may have already noticed. Beginning this week, Friedman’s Weekly is now the GPF Weekly. I am the founder of Geopolitical Futures, but this company is much more than just me. When I’m out traveling the world and our publication proceeds without...