Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Macron vs Central Europe
After the victory of Emmanuel Macron, congratulations arrived from all over the world. Here is a selection of letters and messages from Central Europe: “Your victory is a happy day for all who believe in a united and strong Europe,” President Andrej Kiska of Slovakia wrote in a telegram. Meanwhile, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, stressed...
Policy Memo to the Ukrainian leadership regarding the election of the Emmanuel Macron as the President of French Republic
The election of the new president of the French Republic is an important change that could advance the Ukraine-French relations and Ukraine-EU relations. In this regard, the Institute of World Policy developed several recommendations to maintain and develop relations between the two countries. In particular, the priorities should be the following...
Why we need an international freedom movement
France’s election of a centrist pro-Europe president has offered us all some respite, but, in many respects, the world still seems headed for dark times. There’s bloodshed in Syria with no end in sight, massacres in Yemen, South Sudan and Myanmar and a recent resumption of intense fighting in Ukraine. It also hints at a deeper...
Eurovision shines spotlight on LGBT struggle in Ukraine
Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Kyiv, an extravaganza embraced by the LGBT community, Ukraine’s “Celebrate Diversity” motto sounds more like wishful thinking than a fact of life. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Security Service denies alleged link to killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet
An SBU spokesperson has dismissed one aspect of a journalist investigation into the killing in July 2016 of Kyiv-based Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet, while leaving the key questions raised by the disturbing investigation unanswered …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Speak out for those whom Russia stops from being at Eurovision
Spare a thought – and some time for the initiative #NoEurovisionFor for the 44 Ukrainian political prisoners who cannot be at the Eurovision competition currently underway in Kyiv, nor even see it from their prisons in Russia, or Russian-occupied Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Morning Forum Of Los Altos Presentation Spotlights Putin And Ukraine
Image credit: istockIn the Newsfeaturing Norman M. Naimarkvia Los Altos Town Crier (CA)Stanford University Professor Norman Naimark, Ph.D., shed light on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the historical and geopolitical forces that have made the Ukrainian crisis such an enduring problem in his Morning Forum of Los Altos presentation, “Putin...
Orwell in America – President Trump’s Sudden Firing of FBI Director Comey
“It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission,” Mr. Trump wrote in a letter to Mr. Comey. “The FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them,” he...
Moldova’s Proposed Electoral Change Is a Blow to Democracy. The EU Must Oppose It.
10 May 2017A proposal to change to a mixed electoral system in Moldova would entrench corruption and harm the young democracy. EU and other Western governments should use their economic clout to stop it. Cristina Gherasimov Twitter Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme The Moldova parliament building in Chisinau. Photo: Getty...
Ukrainian Eurovision Kicks Off Amid Tensions With Russia
The authorities banned several Russian journalists ahead of the campy song contest, which has become increasingly politicized in recent years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
