Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why Northern Europe Matters
Summary Northern Europe is geopolitically relevant due to its shared border with Russia and its dominant position in the Baltic, Norwegian and North seas. The region’s prominence in the Geopolitical Futures model varies depending on how Russia’s and the West’s competing interests intersect over Northern Europe’s strategic...
Russian Forces in Crimea Pressure Human Rights Lawyers
Press ReleasesRussian Forces in Crimea Pressure Human Rights LawyersJanuary 26, 2017Occupation forces detained Emil Kurbedinov, a prominent Crimean Tatar lawyer in Crimea, and one of his clients, Seyran Saliev. Kurbedinov was arrested and almost immediately tried and convicted. …read more Source: Freedom...
An Easy Target for Russia
The anti-Belarus smear campaign in Russian media has gained momentum and even led to arrests at the end of last year. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Leadership in Partnership: Berlin’s New Pragmatism in an Era of Radical Uncertainty
Abstract: Germany has emerged as the EU’s central economic and political power in today’s crisis-ridden Europe. The U.K., after the Brexit vote, has probably dropped out of global crisis management for quite a while and the United States, under President Barack Obama, already significantly retrenched from global commitments. Thus the...
Russian Duma Votes to Ease Penalties for Domestic Violence
Bill, likely to soon become law, applies criminal penalties only to those who seriously injure their partners or children. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Insulting Putin: case of Sanat Dosov
Russia / World In late December, as the quarter-century anniversary of the USSR’s dissolution passed, a ruling out of Kazakhstan displayed how little distance remained between Moscow and certain former Soviet republics. In Aktobe, Kazakhstan, a local court sentenced a 46-year-old Kazakhstani native to three years in jail for his online...
A Shaky Story, Now Set In Stone
A monument honoring Russian and Soviet soldiers has been unveiled in a military cemetery in Esztergom, Hungary, two weeks before Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits the country. The Russian ambassador to Hungary pointedly mentioned the timing at the unveiling ceremony, casting the monument as “an important part of a big cooperation” between the...
Trump and U.S. Alliances
Doug Bandow The lackluster military spending of European countries has been a source of constant complaint for U.S. officials in recent years. Yet most of Washington’s demands for action have lacked credibility, since no U.S. administration has ever penalized a European state for slacking on defense. Instead, U.S. officials have typically...
Ukraine Demands Say in Any Russia-U.S. Talks to End Conflict On its Territory
January 26, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
«Укрзалізниця» оголосила конкурс на кращий дизайн-проект інтер’єру пасажирського вагона
“Укрзалізниця» з 25 січня 2017 оголошує відкритий конкурс на кращий дизайн-проект інтер’єру пасажирського вагона. В конкурсі можуть взяти участь на волонтерських засадах як відомі дизайн-студії, так і молоді талановиті дизайнери, які прагнуть заявити про себе та мають свій погляд на інтер’єр сучасного пасажирського вагона,...
