Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
What Business is Really Like in Ukraine
A Response to James Brooke James Brooke truly believes that investors should sink their money into Ukraine. He couldn’t be more wrong. Every roulette table in Las Vegas is more promising than Ukraine. I know from personal experience; I lived in Kyiv for five years and knew a few dozen foreigners who invested in Ukraine.To be fair, Brooke...
Why Turkey’s Disapproval of the West’s Response to the Coup Has Limited Merit
10 August 2016 Fadi HakuraAssociate Fellow, Europe Programme Although Turks across the political and ideological spectrum are seething at the West’s apparently lukewarm condemnation of the abortive coup on July 15, there are valid reasons behind the response A Turkish flag attached to helium balloons as people gather to protest at Konak...
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Armed Crimea Incursion, Says Two Killed
August 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Says It Has Foiled Ukrainian ‘Terror Attack’ Plot in Crimea
August 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Pipeline Plan Beneficiary of Rekindled Russian-Turkish Relationship
Shelved last year after a diplomatic spat, TurkStream is back on, potentially jeopardizing other pipeline projects in the region. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The exercises in the Crimea may be the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine – expert.
/And whether Europe will withstand full-scale war in the geographical center of the continent?/- GCSSI. August 10, 2016 Ksenia Kirillova Especially for Crimea.Reality The situation in the Crimea remains tense. As has been reported Krym.Realii, in the last days of Ukrainian intelligence says the concentration of large groups of Russian troops in...
Transparency International calls on Ukraine President to fulfil his anti-corruption commitments
Ukraine must not delay the launch of a key electronic system to monitor the assets and interests of politicians and public servants, according to Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation. In June, when José Ugaz, Chair of Transparency International, met with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the president...
Guns of August: Fears of Full-Scale War Return as Casualties Mount in Ukraine
There are signs of both sides going back to a war footing: Kyiv is on high alert and has deployed special-forces units and battle-hardened battalions to the front, while Russia has reportedly amassed large amounts of military hardware in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it seized from Ukraine in March 2014. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
UN secretary-general race: What’s really behind the straw poll results?
Leaked results from last week’s second straw poll for the UN secretary-general (SG) race show António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister turned UN refugee chief, still in the lead. Guterres garnered an impressive 11 ‘encourage’ votes but has picked up two ‘discourage’ votes since the first poll, leaving the...
Memo to Ukrainian Government: Privatization Can Succeed if You Get Out of Way
On July 18, Ukraine’s most recent attempt at privatization came to a disappointing conclusion. Odesa’s petrochemical plant, OPZ, was placed up for auction, but after the government set a minimum price of $520 million, no qualified bidders came forward. As a consequence, the state still owns the enterprise, which continues to impose...
