Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine’s rising Euroscepticism
Ukraine’s pivot towards the West has barely begun, but fatigue and frustration are already setting in. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Syria: energy battles to regional alliances
The following article is the transcript of an interview conducted by Gateway House of Huricihan Islamoglu, Professor of Economic History at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey and a Senior Fellow, Institut d’Etudes Avancées de Nantes, Nantes, France. Gateway House (GH): Popular Western discourse views Sunni-Shia sectarian differences, and...
A Lukewarm Hot Springs Summit in Japan
Russian President Vladimir Putin held all the cards in the Kuril Islands negotiations with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 15-16 December. Amid a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape there were advances, but those who expected that the two leaders would, at one stroke, resolve the decades-old territorial dispute, were disappointed. Putin...
Police from Kyiv to investigate anti-Semitic attack on Uman Synagogue
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General reports that a team of detectives from Kyiv will be sent to Uman in the Cherkasy oblast to investigate the foul attack on a synagogue during the early hours of Dec 21. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
US-Romania Ties in Need of an Upgrade
There are several reasons why Donald Trump’s administration must upgrade the relationship with Romania—an important US partner in Eastern Europe. Romania is an enduring friend and ally—from a cultural, security, and military standpoint—and offers a wealth of economic opportunities. It aspires to be more present on Washington’s...
Natalie Jaresko dicusses her time as Finance Minister of Ukraine with Harvard’s Future of Diplomacy Project
December 21, 2016Natalie Jaresko (MPP ’89), former Finance Minister of Ukraine, returned to Harvard on October 31st, 2016 to take part in the Future of Diplomacy Project’s international speaker series. In a public seminar moderated by Faculty Director Nicholas Burns, Jaresko, who currently serves as chairwoman of the Aspen Institute...
Moldova: the integration of integrations
Russia / Europe Following a long break, a meeting of the Moldovan-Russian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was held on November 29 in Moscow. This event was the culmination of intensive negotiations between the two countries which had gone on for at least six months. The negotiations were aimed at the restoration of fully-fledged...
Putin’s Undeclared War: Summer 2014 – Russian Artillery Strikes against Ukraine
Download full report Скачать полную версию доклада Click here for a one-minute introductory map tour that gives the main findings and context of this report. The below text is an extract from the full report. The interactive data map underlying all of the findings discussed can be found here. Summary Terms such as civil war or internal conflict...
Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Audit. Recommendations for Foreign Policy Strategy
All conclusions and recommendations expressed in the publication are based on the analysis of bilateral relations between Ukraine and 17 countries, on the stakeholder surveys, and nationwide public survey. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Foreign Policy Audit of Ukraine. All Publications
The goal of this initiative is to study the mutual interests of Ukraine and its strategically important partners in order to develope recommendations for a proactive foreign policy for Ukraine. …read more Source: Institute of World...
