Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Full Disclosure: Tackling Public Corruption in Ukraine
30 November 2016The new electronic system of asset and income declarations for Ukrainian public officials is an important step in tackling corruption but the revelations must now be followed by proper verification, investigation and punishment. Kateryna BoguslavskaAcademy Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme After Ukrainian officials declared...
Can the UK Retain Global Influence After Brexit? Policies and Structures for a New Era
The former Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office gives six suggestions for how the UK can continue to exert global influence after Brexit. I cannot claim to write from a position of neutrality; it’s no secret that most people in the British foreign policy establishment favoured staying in the EU, and I was among them.But our EU...
Donald Trump Should Stand up for Americans by Giving NATO to the Europeans
Doug Bandow The election had barely been called for Donald Trump when he came under pressure to back away from his most important promises. For instance, he questioned U.S. subsidies for the defense of prosperous, populous Europe and criticized NATO as “obsolete.” But after President Barack Obama met with Trump, the former assured Europeans of...
Ukraine Peace Talks Remain Deadlocked
After 18 months, Kyiv and Moscow again fail to find a sliver of common ground, leaving France and Germany gritting their teeth in frustration. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
German Spy Chief Warns of Russian Cyberattack Risk
Foreign hackers could spread disinformation to muddy the political waters as electioneering picks up ahead of crucial elections. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The G7 and G20 in the global governance landscape
The Group of Seven (G7) and the Group of Twenty (G20) are informal governance clubs, which hold annual Summits of Heads of State to discuss issues of global importance. The G7 is a more homogenous, intimate group, which has been meeting for decades. It is a subset – a club in the club – of the newer and more diverse G20, which represents...
Moscow, Yerevan Deepen Military Cooperation
Agreement marks latest Kremlin move to boost its military presence in the restive South Caucasus. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Will Fillon Change French Policy on Russia and the Middle East?
What might France’s foreign policy look like if François Fillon, who won a landslide in the conservative presidential primary last Sunday becomes the country’s next head of state in May 2017? As Vladimir Putin praised Nicolas Sarkozy’s former prime minister on his plans for a rapprochement with Moscow, observers noted the close...
Ukraine peace talks end without agreement
Four-way talks on ending a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine finished without a breakthrough yesterday (29 November), with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier declaring that “lip service” statements were not enough to achieve lasting peace. …read more Source:...
Luhansk blogger seized by Kremlin-backed militants for ‘extremist material’
Militants from the so-called ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ have ‘arrested’ a Luhansk Internet blogger Edward Nedelyaev, who spoke openly with a Bild correspondent this summer. They claim that he circulated ‘extremist material’ & accuse him of ‘state treason’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
