Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia is negotiating with Germany and France over Ukraine
Ukraine has neither the money nor the state institutions to re-integrate it. But Russia, which started the war, does not want Donbas either. Two years after the Maidan revolution, Ukraine is stuck in a grey zone of half-reforms and half-war. While the country has held together better than many had expected, it has not transformed […] …read...
Giving the public an opportunity to pay utility bills in instalments – is a half measure that does not solve the payment problem. That is what Volodymyr Omelchenko, Director for energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre told ZIK news agency.
Giving the public an opportunity to pay utility bills in instalments – is a half measure that does not solve the payment problem. That is what Volodymyr Omelchenko, Director for energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre told ZIK news agency. “We have a lot, more than 5 million people who get subsidies. The Government is very concerned...
How to attract investments in Ukraine We need a straightforward policy to ensure that investors feel more confident
The National Bank of Ukraine predicts 3-4% GDP growth in 2017 and up to 4-5% in 2019-2020. Based on current affairs and trends, this estimate seems quite reasonable. I cannot call it too optimistic, or pessimistic. But, if you ask whether this growth is enough for Ukraine then the answer is “no.” Unfortunately, 3-4% – a level...
Canada seeks to cooperate with Russia in the Arctic
Despite tensions over conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, Russia and the West have maintained a strong working relationship in the Arctic and Canada’s new Liberal government is looking to further bolster that cooperation. …read more Source:...
Cambodia’s Peace After 25 Years
This week marks 25 years since the Paris Peace Accords marked the official beginning of the end of the violent civil war in Cambodia. The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect on the hard-won lessons of how to rebuild after decades of conflict, the challenge of postwar justice, and how Cambodian peacebuilding efforts might be useful to...
Mr. Timely. Oleksandr Yaroslavskyy’s success story. One of Ukraine’s most influential businessmen
Oleksandr Yaroslavskyy’s DCH Group was the general partner of the III Global Ukrainians Forum. Onе of Ukraine’s most successful businessmen and philanthropists, he plays a special role in the development of the city of Kharkiv. He is called a talented developer, Ukraine’s best football president, Kharkiv’s largest private...
With Pipeline, Russia Sustains Dominance of Turkish Gas Market
Russia’s decision to go ahead with Turkish Stream, an offshore pipeline that will bring Russian gas to Turkey, cements its dominance of the Turkish gas market. In political terms, the revival of Turkish Stream—or TurkStream as Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy company, now terms the project—epitomizes the entente developing between...
The election of Hillary Clinton promises a more dangerous world
Hillary Clinton has proven to be hawkish on foreign policy. Reuters/Carlos BarriaIn a long and often exasperating presidential campaign, Americans and the world have been subjected to Donald Trump’s odious and often incoherent rhetoric, and from both sides much vitriol and endless accusations of deceit, crookedness and sexual misconduct. In...
Germany’s New Skepticism About China
Over the last decade, China and Germany have developed what Jonas Parello-Plesner and I called a “special relationship.” The basis for it was the growth of German exports, in particular automobiles and machinery, to China. This economic symbiosis led to an increasingly close political relationship – in particular, between Chancellor Angela Merkel...
Watch List: Oct. 24, 2016
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
