Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Central European Day of Energy in Brussels: PRESS RELEASE
Language English Central and Eastern Europe needs to diversify the gas supply sources, not only the routes Diversifying the gas supplies to Central and Eastern Europe, not only by its routes, but by the sources of supply will allow the creation of a real gas market, with free competition between suppliers and freedom of choice for customers. In...
Прес‐реліз: Центральній та Східній Європі потрібно диверсифікувати не тільки шляхи, але і джерела постачання природного газу
Диверсифікація не лише шляхів, а і джерел постачання газу до Центральної та Східної Європи дозволить створити новий ринок природного газу з вільною конкуренцією між постачальниками і свободою вибору для клієнтів. У світлі цього, рішення Європейської комісії, що дозволяє Газпрому розширити доступ до пропускної спроможності газогону OPAL і...
Russia’s Military Reform: Why the Kremlin Needs the West
President Vladimir Putin’s much-vaunted military reforms are headed for the rocks unless Moscow can address serious political and economic challenges. Download the article (PDF)Wide-ranging reforms of the military that have been ongoing since 2008 have enhanced the capabilities of Russia’s armed forces, allowing them to more...
The peninsula as an island. Crimea in its third year since annexation
Regardless of the transport and social problems, the vast majority of the population have remained on the peninsula adapting to the new situation. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
December EP Plenary Session: Human rights in focus: Yazidi activists win Sakharov Prize
Written by Clare Ferguson with Jack Meredith, European Union 2015 – EP Yazidi survivors and public advocates Nadia Murad Busee and Lamiya Aji Bashar will receive the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – the European Parliament’s recognition of human rights activism, bestowed annually – on Tuesday. Parliament’s Conference of...
Reuters: Large UK-based international banks want transition period of up to five years after Brexit
Reuters: Large UK-based international banks want transition period of up to five years after BrexitAccording to a document prepared by law firms and seen by Reuters, large UK-headquartered international banks want the Government to allow their industry to remain subject to EU law for a period of up to five years after the UK formally leaves the...
Trump, Brexit, and the Myth of Ukrainian Nationalism
Assertions of a nationalist menace have always been directly at odds with the available electoral evidence on the ground in Ukraine. The rising tide of right-wing populism elsewhere in the Western world is now helping to highlight just how misplaced and disproportionate this scaremongering about Ukrainian nationalism really is. …read more...
Russia bombs Syria & uses refugees as a weapon while denying them asylum
Russia’s Migration Service is consistently denying Syrians asylum, claiming that there is nothing to stop them returning to their country. The officials cite Russia’s Foreign Ministry and Defence Ministry, ignoring both Russia’s direct involvement in making large parts of Syria unsafe for civilians and reports from the UN and...
Russia Is Fighting For Relevance, Not Dominance
Image credit: Poster Collection, RUSU 562, Hoover Institution Archives.Featured Commentaryvia StrategikaPrevalent in many western capitals is the narrative that Vladimir Putin is striving to regain dominance of the “lost” Soviet empire, and his aggressive behavior in Ukraine—especially his blatant annexation of Crimea in March 2014—is just the...
Ukrainian President Rebuffs Fugitive’s Explosive Claims
Former lawmaker Onyshchenko, facing embezzlement case, releases recording allegedly proving Poroshenko’s dirty dealing. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
