Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Russia possibly implicated in latest armed abduction by Donbas militants
Two Ukrainians are known to have been taken prisoner in the so-called ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ n the past two weeks, although a prominent journalist believes the number of disappearances in militant-controlled Donbas to be considerably higher …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Watch List Findings: July 22, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
“Hackers, Hecklers, and Honeypots”: The ongoing threat from Russia—and from inside the US
Russia remains a dangerous and committed adversary— but much of the damage that the United States is wrestling with following the divisive 2016 election started closer to home, according to participants in the second and third day of the Aspen Security Forum. The aggressive, multi-front information operations that the Russian government conducted...
Moldovan Lawmakers Approve Controversial Electoral Reforms
Although they are poles apart on relations with Russia, both major parties back the changes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
