Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Friday essay: Svetlana Alexeviech didn’t make it to the Royal Commission
A doll lies in the ghost town of Pripyat, abandoned since the nearby Chernobyl power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown in 1986. Henrik Ismarker/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAThis is an edited version of a public lecture given at Melbourne University this week. Just the other day I was sitting in my office here on campus waiting to chair some event I...
European Security ‘impossible’ Without a Democratic Belarus
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has been in power since 1994, the often-called ‘last dictator in Europe’ has rightfully earned his name by jailing and killing journalists and opposition leaders since the late 1990’s. Given Lukashenko’s role in the Minsk ceasefire agreements, he might be trying to get a clean slate with...
Are We Near the End of NATO?
(Photo: Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com) If the number of eager applicants on a waiting list determines the strength of a club, then the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in fine fettle. At its most recent gathering in July, NATO welcomed its 29th member — Montenegro — which means that the alliance now outnumbers the European Union....
The Future of Eastern Partnership – will it succeed or will it fail?
Author – Sevak Aslanyan, Master’s Student at Jagiellonian University eeas.europa.eu European Union’s (EU) Eastern Partnership Project (EaP) has registered very controversial results after the six years of its kick-off. In some countries it succeeded to implement the desired reforms and brought to the conclusion of the Association...
The Trumpillary War Machine Is Bad News
I was fortunate enough to view a screening of the new Snowden movie Wednesday evening with some of the whistleblowers who have cameos in it and with its director Oliver Stone. I’m not allowed to review it until Saturday night, but it is a truly great movie and has the potential to be the most widely seen, heard, or read thing of any...
Leading Russian Polling Agency Listed as ‘Foreign Agent’
Move comes days after Levada Center reported falling support for ruling party and less than two weeks before nationwide elections. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Seeking Chinese Money for Dream Plane
The gargantuan craft has a unique capacity to deliver very big, very heavy cargoes, but development costs beyond the maker’s means. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
What should be thr strategy of Ukraine after Brexit?
On September 19 the Institute of World Policy will organize roundtable “What should be the strategy of Ukraine after Brexit?”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Russian Arctic River Runs Red
Pollution is the most likely cause for the biblical hue of water in notoriously polluted Norilsk. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
IWP Held a Discussion on EU Interventions in Ukraine’s Conflict Settlement
On September 7, the Institute of World Policy organised a closed discussion to present the research findings of EU interventions in Ukraine’s conflict settlement. The research has been prepared …read more Source: Institute of World...
