Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Information Expansion: Ukrainian Foothold, Mykhailo Pashkov (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
The three year hybrid war between Russia and Ukraine that started in February 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and is still going on in Donbas is not a second rate conflict on the periphery of Europe. This war poses a threat not only to Ukraine and its statehood, but also to the West, in particular, the unity of the EU, and Europe’s...
National Security and Defence Journal “Basic Principles and Means of the Formation of a Common Identity of Ukrainian Citizens” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
The National Security and Defence Journal “Basic Principles and Means of the Formation of a Common Identity of Ukrainian Citizens” (issue 1-2, 2017) came out in print, prepared in the frame of the project “Building a Common Identity of Ukrainian Citizens in the New Environment: Special Aspects, Prospects and Challenges”, implemented by the...
Human Rights Org Calls On White House To Support Freedom In New Captive Nations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 14 2017 **MEDIA ADVISORY** HUMAN RIGHTS ORG CALLS ON WHITE HOUSE TO SUPPORT FREEDOM IN NEW CAPTIVE NATIONS Washington, D.C. – Every third week of July since President Eisenhower signed the 1959 Captive Nations Resolution, the United States officially recognizes the struggle of those nations held captive by communist...
Razumkov Centre holds VIII Conference “Human Rights and Security Sector Governance: Ukraine’s Reform Challenges”
The VIII international Conference “Human Rights and Security Sector Governance: Ukraine’s Reform Challenges” took place on 21-22 June 2017. The conference hosts were the Razumkov Centre and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). The event was attended by representatives of the legislative and executive...
Russia’s Yandex Takes Lion’s Share of Uber Deal
The search engine giant will control almost 60 percent of a new ride-sharing company with a six-country reach. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Razumkov Centre takes part in Global Think Tank Summit 2017 (Japan)
On 1-3 May 2017, the Global Think Tank Summit was held in Yokohama (Japan) organised by the by Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB) and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the University of Pennsylvania. The event was attended by more than 140 leading experts from more than 90 top...
Razumkov Centre participates in The Global Think Tank Summit (Тhink 20) “Global Solutions for G20”
The Razumkov Centre took part in a global think tank summit in Berlin on 29-30 May 2017, which was held in the framework of preparing for this year’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The Think 20 Summit was attended by over 900 representatives of analytical institutions from dozens of countries of the world from all continents. Ukraine was...
EU pushes Ukraine on corruption at Kyiv summit
European Union leaders yesterday (13 July) pushed Ukraine to step up its battle against corruption after the 28-nation bloc agreed to ratify a landmark cooperation deal. …read more Source:...
Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov faces 5-year sentence over FSB rigged translation
At least one of the mistakes in the faulty translation of Ilmi Umerov’s interview in Crimean Tatar was almost certainly a deliberate distortion to enable charges under Article 280.1, the 2014 addition to the criminal code increasingly used against critics of Russia’s occupation of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukrainian legislators propose scary Russia style restrictions on freedom of expression
Media and human rights groups have reacted with alarm to two draft bills which, in the name of protecting national security, propose some seriously disturbing restrictions which are reminiscent of those applied in Russia. They have called on the authors of the two bills to withdraw them, and point out that democracy is impossible in any countries...
