Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
NATO’s Eastern Flank Needs NATO–EU Cooperation, Not Competition
Transatlantic TakeOn Friday Romanian President Klaus Johannis met President Trump in Washington, DC. Romania is not what many call “core Europe,” and is often perceived as less important than the European heavyweights. Many agree that Romania’s commitment to spending 2 percent of GDP on defense is what rendered a presidential meeting so...
Belarus first time may face an ICSID claim
Over the entire period of its independence Belarus has never been a respondent in an investor-state dispute. This remains so despite the fact that the country adheres to active policy of investment promotion. According to public data in 1st quarter of 2017 the leading investment partners of Belarus originate from the Russian Federation, Ukraine,...
More than 350,000 people face acute water shortage in eastern Ukraine
News release | Following a new localized spike in hostilities in eastern Ukraine, workers manning a major water pumping station could not stay on duty, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of being cut off from water and basic services. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Russian Craft Food Chain Purveys Bread, Salt, and Bigotry
Shops are owned by capitalist-turned-organic farmer German Sterligov, an advocate of the good old ways. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Building on CCE’s Established Reputation for Quality and Value
In ten years’ time we’re planning to be managing an industrial space of some 15 million sqm, across Central and Eastern Europe and beyond, says Remon Vos, CEO at CTP. He spoke to Jerry Cameron about the growing demand for warehouse space in CEE and the company’s plans to satisfy that demand. At the end of last year, CTP owned...
The logic of the Kremlin Gate
Russia / World Russia was accused of hacking the Democratic Party’s servers in a summer 2016 scandal and the Trump Team was consequently rumored to enjoy close ties with Moscow. The attempted coup in Montenegro, attempts to discredit Emmanuel Macron during the presidential campaign in France and the threat of potential interference in the...
George HW Bush: America’s last foreign policy president
Unlike every president who followed him, George HW Bush had a background in foreign policy. In 1972, Bush was serving as U.S. Ambassador to the UN. AP Photo/Dave PickoffGeorge H.W. Bush, who turns 93 today, was the last person elected president of the United States with any prior foreign policy experience. He entered office with one of the most...
Gdynia: Combining Quality of Life With Business Potential
Nine out of ten inhabitants of the city of Gdynia are happy with their lives, according to the latest Social Diagnosis, which measures the objective and subjective quality of life in Poland. What makes the city the best place to live in the country? Is it the size of the city? Gdynia has a population of about 250,000 and is the 17th largest city...
The “Trump cards” of the Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Operations
The outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in the late 2013 has not only demonstrated the deepness of the abyss between Russia and the West. There is yet another aspect: quarter of a century that passed since the disillusion of the USSR has not led toward democratisations of Russia, nor has it witnessed Moscow abdicating from neo-imperial ambitions of...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Sweden
A discussion paper was prepared by Daria Gaidai and Leonid Litra, research fellows at the Institute of World Policy …read more Source: Institute of World...
