Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia uses human trafficking scam to force Ukrainians to fight in Donbas or Syria
While it is quite possible that some Ukrainians are engaged in crime in Russia, the 47 supposed ‘Ukrainian drug traffickers’ just arrested in the Moscow region are likely to be victims of a human trafficking scam with a particularly menacing link to Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Three Questions with Jonathan Katz
Jonathan Katz joined GMF as a senior resident fellow on February 1, 2017. His career has spanned development, defense, and diplomacy, most recently as the deputy assistant administrator in the Europe and Eurasia Bureau at the U.S. Agency for International Development and as a senior advisor at the U.S. State Department. GMF is excited that you...
Smaller CEE Cities are Becoming Attractive to BSS Investors
The last two decades have seen massive growth in the BSS (Business Support Services) industry across the globe, and in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), as well, for that matter. It is the CEE region which particularly shows how the business climate and the combination of all the measures taken are crucial for the development of the sector and...
Misery Index: the World’s Saddest (and Happiest) Countries
Steve H. Hanke The human condition inhabits a vast continuum between “miserable” and “happy.” In the sphere of economics, misery tends to flow from high inflation, steep borrowing costs and unemployment. The most surefire way to mitigate that misery: economic growth. All else equal, happiness tends to blossom when growth is strong, inflation and...
Donald Trump seeks a grand bargain with Vladimir Putin
Barack Obama attempted to “reset” relations with Russia, but by the end of his term in office Russia had annexed Crimea, stirred up conflict elsewhere in Ukraine and filled the power vacuum that Mr Obama had left in Syria. Donald Trump appears to want to go much further and forge an entirely new strategic alignment […] …read more Source:...
Why are Ukraine’s borders not secure?
Most importantly, Ukraine has moved closer to western values and the western way of life. For the first time in 25 years, western-educated professionals are in government. While not yet at critical mass, such reformers along with civil society are key drivers of Ukraine’s transformation. FT: Why are Ukraine’s borders not secure?...
The Voices of the Displaced in Ukraine and Russia
A new survey highlights the views of people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
One China, Two Koreas
By Jacob L. Shapiro U.S. President Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he accepts the “one China” policy during a phone call on Feb 10. It is ironic that in the age of social media, the United States has entered a period of telephone diplomacy. Every word the U.S. president says over the phone seems to generate headlines. The...
Ukraine’s economy remains a prisoner of socialism
Why is the media, especially the Western press, which wrote about Ukraine so triumphantly three years ago, today so deeply disappointed with the lack of reform? Why, following the Euromaidan revolution, have attempts to fix Ukraine’s economy failed? Are Ukrainians themselves to blame? The answer to the last question is yes and no. The...
OSCE Monitors reject Russian Foreign Minister’s Lies about Donbas escalation
The problem with fighting fake news from Russia is that it often comes from top officials in Moscow like Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister. Lavrov’s latest distortion of the facts came in an interview given to Izvestia on Feb 10, and was refuted that same day, though that, of course, was ignored by the Russian media which repeated his...
