Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
July 24th, 2017
CHINA Surviving Tiananmen “Gentlemen” Mum On Chinese Nobel Laureate’s DeathBenjamin Kang Lim & Philip Wen, REUTERSLiu Xiaobo was one of the “Four Gentlemen” of Tiananmen Square, the group that staged a hunger strike in the final days of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in China and tried to hold off tanks and troops moving in to crush...
Mr. Trump: Veto This Bill! – Sanctions Lead To War
The US House is expected to vote tomorrow on yet another round of sanctions on Russia, North Korea, and Iran. Russia and Iran are targeted for their role in fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq, which Congress calls “destabilizing.” Russia is also targeted for its involvement in the 2014 Ukrainian coup d’etat, which was...
An Ideal Conflict on the Dniester
Twenty five years after the end of the war, a resolution to the frozen conflict over Transnistria seems no closer; this situation suits plenty of people at the top just fine. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Little Success for Little Russia
A recent declaration of independence in Ukraine’s eastern occupied territories, while far from credible, provides some clues about the political situation in the region. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Strangers in Their Own Land
Displaced by the war in the east of Ukraine, ethnic Roma struggle to find acceptance elsewhere amid enduring racism and prejudice. From Hromadske. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why crashes and bangs rarely move markets
The world seems like a much more uncertain place today than it was before the financial crisis. The International Monetary Fund reckons that macroeconomic risk is running at twice the level it was before the failure of Lehman in 2008. The backwash from the crisis, debt-laden governments, low productivity and risk averse businesses and banks, has...
Advanced Guide on Verifying Video Content
Researchers and journalists often need to verify user-generated video content from social networks and file sharing platforms, such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. But there is no silver bullet that is able to verify every video, and it may be nearly impossible to verify some videos, short of acquiring the original file from the source....
Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Audit: Index of Relations (4th edition)
The Institute of World Policy and TRUMAN Agency published the 4th edition of the “Foreign Policy Audit: Index of Relations” (April – June) report. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Providing forensics training in Ukraine
Video | Forensics science plays an increasingly important role in humanitarian action. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Public Integrity Council negative opinions should be grounds for disqualifying Supreme Court candidates
The High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) has finished its consideration of opinions of the Public Integrity Council (PIC) on candidates’ non-compliance with criteria of integrity and professional ethic …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
