Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Past events at the IEP (Germany)
Study Visit: Representatives of the Ukrainan Parliament and Civil Society Organisations visit Berlin and Brussels 13-18 March 2017, Berlin and Brussels From 13 to 18 March the Institut für Europäische Politik invited 22 participants including representatives of Ukrainian civil society organisations and staffers of the European Integration and...
Donald Trump’s ‘East Asianisation’ of Europe
What is President Donald Trump’s real approach to both NATO, and the US security guarantee to Europe?The election of Donald Trump as US president has created unprecedented uncertainty about America’s security guarantee towards its allies in Europe.If there was a rational core of his critique of NATO, it seemed to be that it should...
Oleg Sentsov Sends Moving Letter in Response to Major Award from PEN America
PEN America’s honouring of Ukrainian filmmaker and political prisoner Oleg Sentsov at its 2017 PEN Literary Gala would have been a very special event under any circumstances. It was made particularly poignant by the letter from Oleg that was heard for the first time, together with a powerful address from his cousin Natalya Kaplan who...
Recent publications by the Institute of International Relations (Czech Republic)
Mark Galeotti, The Modern Russian Army 1992-2016 Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s army has undergone a turbulent transformation, from the scattered left-overs of the old Soviet military, through a period of shocking decay and demoralization, to the disciplined force and sophisticated ‘hybrid war’ doctrine that enabled...
Recent publications by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Briefing Papers Katja Creutz, Alternative Ways of Global Governance: Informal institutions and the role of small states, February 2017. In addition to formal international organizations, alternative ways of arranging intergovernmental cooperation are proliferating. One tendency is to create looser structures around a shared purpose often without...
Communicating Europe in a New Regional Security Environment
Publication produced in the framework of the project “V4 Supporting Communication Strategy of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine on Implementing AA and DCFTA led by the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova and supported by the International Visegrad Fund. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Watch List: April 25, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
New “Borders” in Eastern Europe
The principle of border inviolability within Europe was put into question in 2014 with the Russian annexation of Crimea and the breakout of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. These events created two new “borders” in Eastern Europe: one de-facto national border in the case of Crimea and a frozen frontline in the case of the occupied territories in...
Kleptocracy Daily: April 25, 2017
News A former government minister in Guinea went to trial in New York on U.S. charges that he laundered $8.5 million in bribes he took in exchange for helping a Chinese company secure valuable mining rights. (Reuters) French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron’s campaign says that it was targeted by Russia-linked hacker group Fancy...
Montenegro Coup Suspect Linked to Russian-backed “Ultranationalist” Organisation
Montenegro coup suspect linked to Russian-backed “ultranationalist” organisation: Russian influence in the Balkans is exerted through media, demonstrations and Biker groups. According to the Telegraph’s investigation into the attempted Montenegro coup, published February 18th, Predrag Bogicevic, Nemanja Ristic, Vladimir Popov and Eduard...
