Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Syria, Ukraine, and the Failure of Western Diplomacy
Hand-wringing by Western foreign ministers over Syria and Ukraine is no substitute for dealing with the shortfalls of diplomacy-especially vis-a-vis Russia. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Hollande’s mixed European record
François Hollande marked European politics with his interventions in the Greek crisis, the Ukraine conflict, and international military operations. But he was unable to drive progress on the EU’s core projects. EurActiv France reports. …read more Source:...
In a Russia-Ukraine dispute Paris court confirms state companies may resort to investment arbitration
On 29 November 2016 the Paris Court of Appeal (the Court) decided to upheld the arbitration award in the long-lasting dispute between Russian oil firm PJSC Tatneft (the Tatneft) and Ukraine. In this case, Ukraine was unsuccessfully trying to set aside $112 million investment treaty awards in favour of Tatneft. The main issues of the case was […]...
Putin will never restore Russia’s greatness
Twenty five years ago, on 8 December 1991, the leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine signed the Belavezha Accords, an agreement that dissolved the Soviet Union. Fewer than two weeks afterwards, leaders from all but one of the other Soviet states joined the Accords. Thus, the Cold War ended without so much as a shot being fired. A quarter of a...
Seven years for an SMS: Activists alarmed over Southern Russia treason convictions
Oksana Sevastidi was sentenced to 7 years for a text message from 2008 and she is just one of at least 10 people similarly charged and sentenced by a secret court in Russia’southern Krasnodar region. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatars ’tried’ & fined for solidarity with victims of persecution
Russia is extending repressive measures in occupied Crimea to target those who dare ask why when their compatriots are facing persecution …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Far-right activist who ripped up Poroshenko portrait has sentence quashed
The Vinnytsa Regional Court of Appeal has quashed a 4.5 year sentence against activist Yury Pavlenko [Khort] which gained publicity, perhaps unwarrantedly, over the activist’s ripping up of a portrait of President Petro Poroshenko …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
A Future for NATO and the European Union
Blank Section (Placeholder)via AnalysisThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union are in disarray. The former has fulfilled its mission. Were it not for Russia’s seizure of the Crimea and invasion of Ukraine and the refugee crisis in Europe spawned by the sectarian Muslim conflict raging in Iraq and Syria, it would be an...
Kleptocracy Daily: December 7, 2016
Charles Davidson, KI’s Executive Director, testified on “Corruption: A Danger to Democracy in Europe and Eurasia” at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats this morning. News Oleksandr Onyshchenko’s corruption allegations against President Poroshenko extend to the U.S., and have been vigorously...
Trump’s Team Should Ditch the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
Emma Ashford If there is one common thread that connects President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign-policy appointments, it is the belief that the United States is engaged in a civilizational war against “radical Islamic terrorism.” Indeed, while Trump himself—with his ambivalence towards books—may not even know it, the incoming administration...
