Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Brief: Ukraine needs more than Normandy
The Normandy group of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine is failing to secure any kind of lasting ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. That’s why the format needs to be extended to include the entire EU. …read more Source:...
The big business revolution: why the future is blockchain
ShutterstockThe value of one bitcoin recently hit a record high of US$3,025, a staggering rise of over 200% in value this year alone. Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at the New York University, known as Wall Street’s “dean of valuation”, has said that among the younger generation, digital currencies have replaced gold as a choice of...
The Case against U.S. Overseas Military Bases
John Glaser Over the last several decades, the digital revolution has fundamentally transformed business best practices. The changes have been slow to penetrate the public sector, however, which remains tied to traditional thinking and practices. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is trying to review all aspects of the State Department to get...
No end in sight to Ukraine fighting as Normandy format stumbles
The phone call lasted two hours. Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel, Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin on Monday (24 July) tackled the question of how to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine, with little success. EURACTIV’s partner Der Tagesspiegel reports. …read more Source:...
The Moneyed Professor: Putin’s Dissertation Adviser Reportedly Now A Billionaire
Add another name to the list of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s associates who have reportedly become billionaires under his reign …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatar political prisoner Zeytullaev faces increase in sentence to 17 years
A Russian Supreme Court appeal hearing in Moscow on July 27 could result in an innocent Ukrainian being sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment and it is of critical appearance that journalists and human rights organizations attend. . …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
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...
