Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Sanctions Will Not Cause ‘Regime Change’ in Russia
Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – In the aftermath of the Ukrainian crisis in March 2014, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia that have led to unintended consequences. Crimea re-joined Russia following a referendum in which more than 96 percent of Russian speaking residents of Crimea voted to...
Ukraine crisis: Uncertainty on both sides of the contact line
Article | Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and grandparents of the missing on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine cope as best they can with an impossible, wholly intolerable situation. These are their stories. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Georgia: a pre-election snapshot
Over the last decade Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova – the EU’s ‘closest’ eastern neighbours politically – have alternated between being potential ‘success stories’ or, conversely, cases of ‘fatigue’ in the eyes of their international partners. Georgia, which currently seems to be the best performer of the three, is now due...
Transforming Ukraine Through Impact Investment
Tue25OctInvitation OnlyResearch EventTransforming Ukraine Through Impact Investment25 Oct 2016 – 10:15 to 13:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, LondonRussia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsLenna Koszarny, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Horizon CapitalJaroslawa Johnson, President and...
Ukraine crisis: Water supply for 600,000 people under threat
News release | Geneva/Kyiv (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced it will step in to pay electricity bills, on an emergency basis, to avoid water being cut off to 600,000 people in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-China
On October 5, the Institute of World Policy will organize a presentation of analytical paper “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Georgia” …read more Source: Institute of World...
Detained Ukrainian Journalist Could Face 20 Years for ‘Spying’
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said Roman Sushchenko’s “illegal” arrest and treatment shows Moscow is waging war “against the entire democratic world.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump’s Flip-Flopping on NATO
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s new-found faith in NATO is unlikely to reassure America’s partners in the organisation. In the first presidential debate with his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, Trump declared he was “all for NATO” because, he said, its members had listened to his earlier criticism and were...
Kyiv keen to demonstrate European values at Babi Yar commemoration
Donald Tusk spoke at the 75th anniversary commemorations of the Babi Yar massacre in Ukraine last week (29 September). Kyiv’s intentions at the ceremony were clear: to strengthen ties with the West and draw parallels between today’s Russia and Nazi Germany. EurActiv France reports. …read more Source:...
German Deputy Finance Minister: We should all do everything we can to ensure “smooth transition” after Brexit
German Deputy Finance Minister: We should all do everything we can to ensure “smooth transition” after BrexitJens Spahn, Germany’s Deputy Finance Minister, told Reuters in an interview, “It is good that we have a timetable [for when the UK is planning to trigger EU exit talks], so that everyone knows how things will proceed. Everyone knows...
