Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Gazprom Agrees to Stiff EU Conditions
If deal passes muster in the member states, it could lift the threat of massive fines on the Russian energy giant. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Frau Merkel Comes to Washington
German Chancellor Merkel will enter the lion’s den on Tuesday, March 14, for her first meeting with President Trump. It is difficult to remember such an inauspicious start in the sixty eight year relationship between the United States and a democratic Germany. While there have been quite a few bad personal relationships — between German...
Kleptocracy Daily: March 13, 2017
The latest on KI.org: Marius Laurinavičius discusses how Europe can help defend U.S. democracy, and why we should stay engaged in Europe. News Members of the Committee on Financial Services have called on their chairman to investigate Deutsche Bank’s Russian money laundering scheme. (Guardian) The European Union is expected to extend...
Ukraine’s Slow Struggle for Decentralization
Decentralization reforms in Ukraine have begun to deliver results, but the government in Kyiv needs to find creative ways to ensure successful completion of the process. …read more Source: Carnegie...
Brussels Attacks One Year On: More Still Needs to Be Done
Belgium has accomplished much since last year’s devastating terrorist attacks – the worst in its history. But the threats continue, and new security vulnerabilities are becoming apparent.One year ago, Belgium was struck by the worst terrorist attack in its history, killing 32 civilians and injuring several hundreds.The bombings followed...
Why Is Trump Abandoning the Foreign Policy That Brought Him Victory?
Doug Bandow Candidate Donald Trump offered a sharp break from his predecessors. He was particularly critical of neoconservatives, who seemed to back war at every turn. Indeed, he promised not to include in his administration “those who have perfect resumes but very little to brag about except responsibility for a long history of failed policies...
How the EU budget is spent: Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace
Written by Alina Dobreva with Philipp Wegner, © johndwilliams / Fotolia The EU contributes to the prevention of emerging crises and to an effective response to existing ones through the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), launched in 2014. The instrument provides funds for conflict prevention, ensuring capacity and preparedness...
E-Mail Hack Gives Glimpse Into Russia’s Influence Drive In Eastern Europe
A recently hacked cache of documents indicates that Alyaksandr Usovsky’s activities include maintaining contact with Polish politician Mateusz Piskorski, a founder of a pro-Kremlin NGO that, among other things, organized this group of “international observers” to monitor the 2014 “referendum” in Crimea …read...
Human Rights Court judgment confirms violation by Russia of Crimean political prisoners’ rights
The European Court of Human Rights has issued an important judgment with direct relevance to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, and many other Ukrainians from occupied Crimea imprisoned huge distances away from their homes. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Captured Ukrainian soldiers ‘confess’ to militant killings & terrorism in Donbas & Russia
The so-called Luhansk people’s republic has extracted, almost certainly through torture, ‘confessions’ from two Ukrainian soldiers to killing one prominent militant and planning terrorist attacks on Russian cities. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
