Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Odessa Pride March Held Despite Initial Ban
The city’s first LGBTQIA march was held on Saturday, as police prevent an attack by nationalist youth. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukranian Challenge for the EUs Normative Character
Author – Sevak Aslanyan, Master’s Student at Jagiellonian University blogs.ft.com Introduction The Eastern Partnership Project (EaP) and European Union’s (EU) Neighborhood Policy at large can be described as one of the vivid indicators of EU’s normative character, especially in its foreign policy dimension, as these projects...
Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Probe May Implicate Top Trump Aide
Ledgers found in Kyiv list undisclosed cash payments to the chairman of Trump’s presidential campaign. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Send a Sunflower for Independence Day to Russia’s Ukrainian Hostages
Ukraine is celebrating 25 years of Independence on August 24. The anniversary is poignant for so many reasons, but must be particularly painful for those Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea. Please show them solidarity with a breath of Ukraine – a sunflower! …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Russian Children Trained to Fight in Defence Ministry’s Youth Army
The apparent resurrection of a long buried Soviet tradition in Russia’s new Youth Army is not the most alarming feature of a children’s ‘military-patriotic’ formation which in just eight months has opened 76 regional branches and reportedly already has 12 thousand members. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Even Nukes Grow Old
Everything grows old. I’m told one day the stars and planets will turn to dust. So I suppose it’s no surprise that America’s arsenal of nuclear weapons is also showing signs of advancing age, and may have to be replaced.One would think that the growing decrepitude of our nukes would be a fine time to dismantle and junk these...
Summertime madness
Written by Maksym Kyiak, co-founder of Global Ukrainians It is well-known that a lie, repeated many times, becomes a half-truth. These famous words have become rule during last few years. For example, if you continually repeat that the driver weighing 140 kilos is a foreign terrorist and saboteur, the likelihood is high that someone will believe...
Putin’s Last Chance?
08/12/2016 A year ago, Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament (CACDS) predicted continued strengthening of global turbulence with increasing destabilization in August-September 2016. Corrosion of the system of international relations, the United Nations impotence, OSCE and other international organizations, the concept of the EU crisis, the...
Is the US electoral system really ‘rigged’?
Many have speculated how a Trump victory would affect the U.S., but few have thought about the consequences of a Trump loss. After falling behind Hillary Clinton in the polls, Donald Trump has already developed a narrative for his exit: The election was rigged. So how likely is a rigged vote? Full-throated claims Last week Trump told Fox News:...
A Problem of Perception: How to Promote a Modern Ukraine
Art-project “Depersonalization”. Kiev, Ukraine. Photo by Ruslan Kapral, some rights reserved. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
