Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kleptocracy Weekly: November 12-18, 2016
New from KI Moldovan kleptocracy is threatening democracy in Eastern Europe. KI’s Ryan Hampton and Alona Rusin look at how the U.S. should respond. KI is launching a “Democracy and Kleptocracy” debate series. Join us at Busboys & Poets in DC on December 1 for the first event: The Crisis of Big Money Media. On December 14, join KI at...
Obama’s farewell to Merkel and Europe
On November 17, Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer was interviewed by Le Monde’s correspondent in Berlin, to discuss President Obama’s last trip to Berlin, and Obama’s legacy in Europe and transatlantic relations. She commented on the “special relationship” between Obama and Merkel during Obama’s two mandates, which she sees as...
Trump Must Avoid the Russia Reset Trap
As a candidate, Donald Trump said that if elected president he would examine the possibility of recognizing Russia’s claim to Crimea and lifting sanctions imposed by the United States in response to Kremlin-orchestrated aggression in Ukraine. On November 8, Trump was elected the forty-fifth president of the United States. The question now...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 18, 2016
New from KI Moldovan kleptocracy is threatening democracy in Eastern Europe. KI’s Ryan Hampton and Alona Rusin look at how the U.S. should respond. KI is launching a “Democracy and Kleptocracy” debate series. Join us at Busboys & Poets in DC on December 1 for the first event: The Crisis of Big Money Media. On December 14, join KI at...
EU Approves Ukraine Visa-Free Travel
November 18, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Moldovan Kleptocracy: A Threat to Democracy in Eastern Europe
Image: Tony Bowden | CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ryan Hampton & Alona Rusin November 18, 2016 Moldova, a former Soviet bloc country, is torn between the EU and Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union. A succession of Moldovan governments have vowed to join the European Union, but recent banking fraud and money laundering scandals involving prominent...
Putin’s Western dupes pose a grave threat to Europe
In 2014, Russia seized Crimea through military force. With this act, the Kremlin redrew the political map of Europe and upended the rules of the acknowledged international order. Despite the threat Russia’s revanchist policies pose to European stability and established international law, some European politicians, experts, and civic groups...
Russia Challenges World’s Highest Criminal Court
The controversial tribunal is ineffective and biased, Kremlin believes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Hello, Petro? Almazbek Here
Infamous Russian pranksters hit another Ukrainian target. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How the International Criminal Court can survive Russian and African scorn
Russia has announced it will “unsign” the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which its Foreign Ministry says has “failed to meet the expectations to become a truly independent, authoritative international tribunal”. Its decision comes after three African countries began the process of leaving; the Philippines’ president,...
