Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Biscuit for breakfast – trench warfare was hard on soldiers’ teeth
nationallibrarynz_commons/flickrRewind 100 years and the Battle of the Somme would be grinding to a close. For 141 days soldiers had suffered the worst that modern warfare could deliver: bombardment, chemical weapons, failed advances and a level of casualties no one could have anticipated. In this centenary year, multiple articles have been...
EU approves Ukraine visa-free travel
European Union member states yesterday (17 November) approved visa-free travel for Ukraine citizens, long sought by Kyiv to help cement ties as it combats pro-Russian rebels in the east. …read more Source:...
Uncanny under-performer: fixing V4 digital gap
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has experienced unparalleled GDP growth in recent decades, nearly doubling the growth of the Eurozone in 2015, mainly through multinational companies’ investments and generous EU structural funds, yet has only slightly climbed the global value chain ladder. As multinational companies tend to flock to CEE due...
Russian prosecuted for defending Ukraine against Kremlin-backed militants
Russia’s Investigative Committee has announced criminal proceedings against a Russian national alleged to have fought on Ukraine’s side in the military conflict in Donbas. There have been no criminal cases brought against those paid to fight on the side of the Kremlin-backed militants …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
The next frontier in reproductive tourism? Genetic modification
Human oocyte in vitro fertilization. Ziess Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SAThe birth of the first baby born using a technique called mitochondrial replacement, which uses DNA from three people to “correct” an inherited genetic mutation, was announced on Sept. 27. Mitochondrial replacement or donation allows women who carry mitochondrial diseases to...
The Russian Plot against Europe
There is no single formula for how Russia projects power in Europe, but the goal of its Trojan Horse strategy is the same: to build a web of political leaders, parties, and civil society organizations that will legitimize Russia’s aims to destabilize European unity and undermine European values …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Jailed & now subjected to punitive psychiatry for being Muslim in Russian-occupied Crimea
Muslim Aliev, a Crimean Tatar held in detention since armed and masked men burst into his home, terrifying his children, in February this year, has now been forcibly placed in a psychiatric clinic in Simferopol. There are fears that he and other political prisoners will face undisclosed ‘psychiatric treatment’. …read more Source:...
The Partner We Need in Washington: Priorities for the New Administration
Transatlantic TakeThere can be no doubt that U.S. allies are concerned about what the presidency of Donald Trump will bring. Allies have relied upon a liberal internationalist Washington for 70 years, and unlike U.S. voters they do not want dramatic change. Less than 10 percent of Europeans would have given Donald Trump their vote, according to...
The Case of Crimea is not closed
Russia / World While everybody in Russia was discussing the arrest of the now ex-minister of economic development, Alexei Ulyukayev, two significant events took place. International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, issued a preliminary report which determined Russia’s annexation of Crimea to be an international armed...
Забыть про Крым не получится
Russia / World Пока в России все активно обсуждали арест уже бывшего министра экономического развития Алексея Улюкаева, произошло два знаковых, на мой взгляд, события. Прокурор Международного уголовного суда (МУС) Фату Бенсуда в опубликованном докладе квалифицировала аннексию Крыма как международный вооруженный конфликт и оккупацию территории...
