Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Life After the Fall of the Soviet Union: Assessing the Future of the Region
Tue13DecMembersLife After the Fall of the Soviet Union: Assessing the Future of the Region13 Dec 2016 – 18:00 to 19:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, LondonParticipantsVictor Mironenko, Head, Center for Ukrainian studies; Vice-President, Russian Association of Ukrainian StudiesArkady Ostrovsky, Russia and...
Combating ‘Hybrid Warfare’ in Estonia
A failed communist takeover of Tallinn in 1924 contains valuable lessons for holding out against potential invaders. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Moldova
A discussion paper was prepared by Olena Betliy, Research Fellow at the Institute of World Policy …read more Source: Institute of World...
These UAH 3,000 next year can value less than UAH 1,500 today
…read more Source: Razumkov Centre
UK GDP growth beats expectations as Nissan reiterates commitment to Sunderland plant
UK GDP growth beats expectations as Nissan reiterates commitment to Sunderland plantPreliminary data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday showed that the UK’s GDP grew by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2016. This beat the latest consensus forecast of 0.3%, and the -0.1% predicted by the Treasury before the referendum...
Why Is Ukraine’s Political Class Trying to Roll Back Reforms?
Since the Euromaidan revolution, Ukraine’s leaders have repeatedly committed themselves to fighting graft. Former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk promised that all corrupt officials would be prosecuted, current Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman vowed an “intolerance of corruption,” and President Petro Poroshenko campaigned as a...
Flexible solidarity on migration – what can we expect from Visegrad?
By Milan Nič and Alena Kudzko. Photo: FrontexWith the number of migrants and refugees knocking on Europe’s door relatively contained, there is now a sense of relief at the EU political level. This fact was demonstrated at the recent European Council of 20-21 October 2016, which was dominated by other relevant issues, including the trade...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 27, 2016
News Chinese hackers stole national security secrets from the Pentagon, according to a forthcoming congressional report. (WFB) Miami’s real estate sector expects FinCEN to expand its GTO scheme, which requires reporting of high-value all-cash transactions–or turn it into law. (Real Deal) Stolen money from the Hermitage Capital fraud has...
Bulgaria to Pay Russia Over 600 Million Euros for Belene
Settlement is the latest turn of events concerning the fate of cancelled nuclear power plant. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Information war monitor for Central Europe: October 2016 Part 1
By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Jakub Janda, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|Barney Moss, licensed by CC BY 2.0GLOBSEC Policy Institute’s bi-weekly overview of conventional and social media discourse in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia monitors propaganda and disinformation attempts, as well as...
