Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine’s Parliament slips in dangerous carte blanche for blocking torture investigations
A new norm sneaked in when nobody was looking will lead to a situation where investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment by prison staff are carried out by the suspected perpetrators’ colleagues . …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kleptocracy Daily: January 11, 2017
News A classified intelligence report on Russian meddling in the U.S. electionsincluded uncorroborated allegations that the Kremlin holds compromising information about President-elect Donald Trump. (WaPo) Some $30 million linked to Pavlo Lazarenko, former PM of Ukraine, issitting frozen in a Lithuanian bank. (OCCRP) The value of reported fraud...
Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko Publishes List of Conflict Prisoners and Missing People
The former Ukrainian military pilot’s initiative was criticized for being detrimental to relatives of those on the list, and to the Ukrainian side. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump Must Stand Up to Russian Cyberattacks
In light of the intelligence report unequivocally attributing cyberattacks during the US presidential election to Russia, US President-elect Donald Trump must take stock of the magnitude and implications of the Kremlin’s actions, and react appropriately, according to John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu...
Addressing the real source of the U.S.-Russia rivalry
Donald Trump has indicated a clear interest in improving the U.S. relationship with Russia, as has his designate for secretary of state. Despite President Vladimir Putin’s misadventures and provocations from Georgia to Syria to Ukraine to the U.S. elections, this is not an unworthy ambition, if pursued with open eyes. Author Michael E....
Ukraine Says It Captured New Positions in Eastern Ukraine
January 11, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
IWP Organized a Public Debate “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Poland”
On November 11 the Institute of World Policy held a public discussion and presented a discussionpaper on the Ukrainian-Poland relations within the project “Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Audit”. The research paper was written by Kateryna ZAREMBO, Deputy Director, Institute of World Policy. To read the paper click here. Diplomats, policy and...
IWP held an Interantional Round Table “How to Make Ukrainian-Polish History Less Toxic”
On December 2, the Institute of World Policy in partnership with the Center of Polish and European Studies NaUKMA held an international round table about Ukrainian-Polish historical dialogue. …read more Source: Institute of World...
IWP held a Public Debate “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Lithuania”
On December 13, the Institute of World Policy and the Embassy of Lithuania held the public debate on Ukrainian-Lithuanian relations. The event was dedicated to mark the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Ukraine. …read more Source: Institute of World...
IWP held a Public Debate “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Japan”
On December 16, the Institute of World Policy held a public debate on Ukrainian-Japanese relations. At the event, Mykola Bielieskov, research fellow at the IWP, presented the research paper on the Ukrainian-Japanese relations, based on a series of interviews with Ukrainian and Japanese officials and experts. Diplomats, policy and decision makers,...
