Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine moves to blacklist Le Pen over Crimea comments
Ukraine indicated on Wednesday (4 January) that it would bar French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen from entering the country after comments she made that appeared to legitimize Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source:...
Terrorism, the far-right and Russian meddling: the biggest threats to Europe in 2017
The European Union endured a series of political shocks and strains in 2016 that threatened to tear the bloc apart: an ongoing migration crisis; the United Kingdom’s vote in June to exit the union; lacklustre growth and stubbornly high unemployment in the eurozone; terrorist attacks that killed and injured scores; and surging support for...
24 листопада 2016р. Центр Разумкова провів Фахову дискусію “Україна і політика протидії зміні клімату: економічний аспект”
24 листопада 2016р. Центр Разумкова спільно з Представництвом Фонду Фрідріха Науманна в Україні та за підтримки Міністерства екології та природних ресурсів України провели Фахову дискусію “Україна і політика протидії зміні клімату: економічний аспект”. До участі в дискусії були запрошені представники законодавчої та виконавчої влади,...
Obama’s Response To Russia Necessary, Given Trump’s ‘Dismissive’ Behavior, Former US Ambassador Michael McFaul Says
Interviewsinterview with Michael McFaulvia CNBCHoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul discusses why President Obama’s decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats and impose new sanctions on Russia was necessary. …read more Source: Hoover...
Everyone loses
Disorder erupted in Ukraine in 2014, involving the overthrow of a sitting government, the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and a violent insurrection, supported by Moscow, in the east of the country. This Adelphi book argues that the crisis has yielded a ruinous outcome, in which all the parties are worse off and international...
Tatarstan Balks at Moscow’s Austerity Measures
Federal deficit expected to reach nearly $50 billion this year unless oil price rebounds. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Newsflash: Russia Is Not the Soviet Union
Doug Bandow No position taken by President-elect Donald Trump more upsets leading Republican legislators than his desire to reconcile with Russia. GOP leaders routinely assert that 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney was right when he declared Russia “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” Perhaps in Neoconservative nightmares. But not...
Ukraine Moves to Blacklist Le Pen Over Crimea Comments
January 4, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Austria kicks off chairing of OSCE with Ukraine visit
In mid-January, further negotiations will be held on the Ukraine conflict, within the framework of the OSCE. Time is of the essence as the situation remains dramatically unchanged. EurActiv Germany reports. …read more Source:...
January 4th, 2017
CHINA Dumping of Untreated Acid in Chinese Canal Highlights Nation’s Water Pollution Woes Sidney Leng, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST A Jiangsu chemical plant has been fined 20 million yuan for dumping almost 2,700 tonnes of liquid acid waste into the Grand Canal, causing environmental damage “beyond measure,” according to a local court verdict...
