Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kleptocracy Daily: June 27, 2017
The latest on KI’s website: Belinda Li examines why more transparency is needed in the real estate sector. July 18: KI and the Partnership for Transparency’s Anti-Corruption Forum will host a discussion on U.S. government approaches to kleptocracy and money laundering, including investigations, prosecutions, compliance, and possible...
Introducing a new TEPSA member, The Razumkov Centre
On the occasion of the TEPSA Pre-Precidency Conference that took place in Tallinn, Estonia on June 15, 2017, the TEPSA General Assembly voted unanimously in favor of the Razumkov Centre (Kiev, Ukraine) to become a full TEPSA member. The Razumkov Centre is a non-governmental think tank founded in 1994. It carries out research on public policy in...
How History Will Remember Vladimir Putin
To paraphrase Pravda in 1929, Putin is the Stalin of today. Nobody since Stalin’s death has achieved such longevity or uncontested power over Russia as Putin has. Nevertheless, tomorrow he may be remembered as the Brezhnev of today, for he has presided over a galloping stagnation of the economy and public morality. …read more Source:...
United by persecution, Crimean Tatars celebrate National Flag Day
Russia has miscalculated with its persecution of Crimean Tatars for their national flag, their faith and / or their opposition to Russian occupation of their homeland …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. AP Photo/Pavel GolovkinU.S. intelligence agencies – 17 of them – agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee and waged a campaign to influence voters in 2016. Although no evidence of...
What Poroshenko’s 30 Minutes With Trump Mean For Ukraine
…read more Source: Hudson...
Will Europe’s defense momentum lead to anything?
Photo Credit: Studio 37 / Shutterstock.com, Wlad74 / Shutterstock.com Summary According to Federica Mogherini, more has happened in ten months than in ten years for European defense. The cultural change in Brussels is indeed undeniable, as several concrete instruments have been recently delivered to create an incentive for member states to...
How the EU budget is spent: Macro-financial assistance
Written by Ana Claudia Alfieri, © Comugnero Silvana / Fotolia One important European Union (EU) objective is to achieve macroeconomic and political stability in its neighbourhood by ‘developing a zone of shared stability, security, and prosperity’ through a set of policies that help to bring candidate, potential candidate, and neighbourhood...
TEPSA General Assembly meets in Tallinn, welcomes two new TEPSA members
Amid the traditional TEPSA Pre-Presidency Conference that took place in Tallinn, Estonia on 15-16 June 2017, the TEPSA General Assembly convened to discuss a range of topics. Highlighting the agenda was the vote to welcome two new research organisations to the TEPSA network: the Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus of the University Ss. Cyril and...
The EU’s Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia: A Comparative Study
The EU’s Association Agreements and DCFTAs with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia: A Comparative StudyGuillaume Van der Loo26 June 2017 …read more Source: Centre for European Policy...
