Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
October 21th, 2016
CHINA Xi Jinping’s Speech on 80th Anniversary of Red Army’s Epic Military Retreat Laura Zhou, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST Communist leader Xi Jinping gave an hour-long speech to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Long March on Friday morning. Speaking at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi urged unity and loyalty...
October 20th, 2016
CHINA Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping Agree to Reopen South China Sea Talks Jane Perlez, THE NEW YORK TIMES President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on Thursday, as part of a state visit that the United States is watching closely for further signs of a warming relationship. No major agreements were...
Romania the Leanest, Central Europe and Baltics Among Heaviest In the EU
Eurostat survey shows positive correlation between age and obesity, and a drop in obesity as education levels increase. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Netherland’s Rutte still mired in Ukraine referendum aftermath
At the EU summit overnight (20-21 October) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte obtained little support for his proposals for a way forward following the referendum in which his compatriots rejected the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. …read more Source:...
Theresa May: “UK will play a full role until it leaves the EU, and will be a strong and dependable partner after that”
Theresa May: “UK will play a full role until it leaves the EU, and will be a strong and dependable partner after that”As she arrived at her first European Council summit, Prime Minister Theresa May said, “I’m here with a clear message. The UK is leaving the EU, but we will continue to play a full role until we leave and we will be a strong...
Beyond hard, soft and no Brexit
Recent declarations by political leaders suggest that a hard Brexit is the most likely outcome of the negotiation between the European Union and the United Kingdom that will start next spring after the UK government triggers Article 50. In Britain, several cabinet members have made statements pointing in this direction. And in Brussels, Donald...
Ukrainian Literature Series: “Decomposition” with Ukrainian Poet Lyuba Yakimchuk
Cosponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
October 20th, 1989
CHINA Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping Agree to Reopen South China Sea Talks Jane Perlez, THE NEW YORK TIMES President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines met with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on Thursday, as part of a state visit that the United States is watching closely for further signs of a warming relationship. No major agreements were...
Samuel Charap – Russias use of military force as a foreign policy tool
Russia has used its military beyond its borders with unprecedented frequency in the period since the invasion of Crimea in February 2014. In this PONARS Policy Memo Samuel Charap explains this behaviour, arguing that we should see Moscow’s use of force as one element of a broader coercive bargaining process. …read more Source:...
No Peace without the People: A Case for Grassroots Reconciliation in Ukraine
This week’s meeting in Paris of the Normandy Four is a critical one. If there is no measurable progress there to advance a framework for peace in Ukraine, public sentiment that Minsk is exhausted as a peace process will only grow. (Editor’s note: France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine agreed to a preliminary roadmap for implementing the...
