Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia’s Gazprom Loses $3.4 Billion Court Battle In Ukraine
July 15, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Is the NATO-Russia Founding Act Dead?
July 15, 2016 In each installment of “CGI Asks,” a selection of experts respond to a question about developments related to Russia and the region. At the July 8-9 NATO summit in Warsaw, leaders approved the deployment of 3,000 to 4,000 troops on a rotating basis to Poland and the Baltic States. Moscow has claimed this would effectively violate a...
Western solidarity with Ukraine: Do it yourself
Kyiv is making a dangerous mistake in confusing western solidarity with unconditional support for the Ukrainian government and its policies. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Eksperci CASE o niestabilnym bezpieczeństwie w regionie Europejskiej Polityki Sąsiedztwa
Language Polish W kontekście niedawnego szczytu NATO w Warszawie, a także publikacji nowej Europejskiej Strategii Bezpieczeństwa (30.06.2016), zachęcamy do przeczytania trzech raportów przygotowanych przez ekspertów CASE – Centrum Analiz Społeczno-Ekonomicznych na zamówienie instytucji Unii Europejskiej. Natalia Shapovalova i Olga Burlyuk, w...
Assurance Versus Stability: Eastern Flank after the Summit
Life is Warsaw is returning to its normal pace after the world leaders left the city marking the end of the 2016 NATO Summit. The capital, as well as Poland and the broader Eastern Flank, feels considerably safer and more assured after numerous firm decisions were made at the summit. Polish President Andrzej Duda stressed that “these were...
Russia 2030: potential impact of French policies
France’s response to the Ukraine crisis has been more active and more determined than many would have predicted, but with ongoing operations in Africa and the Middle East it should be careful not to overstretch itself …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Russian Land Rush Off to Slow Start
Critics say the plots of land available free to citizens are too small to sustain a farm or other venture. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why the EU Should Decouple Sanctions Against Russia from the Minsk Agreements
The leaders of Belarus, Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine in Minsk for February 2015 talks. By Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Almost two years have passed since the European Union and a number of other countries introduced, on July 31, 2014, the third and most consequential round of economic and other sanctions against Russia....
Ukraine: the beginning of Naftogaz’s restructuring
The plan for Naftogaz’s restructuring is an important step on the way towards Kyiv’s compliance with the obligations it has made to the EU and the IMF. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
UN report finds killings on both sides in Donbas, yet misses Russian soldiers
While warning that there must be accountability for all killings, and pointing out that some may constitute war crimes, the UN monitors prefer to ignore substantial evidence of direct engagement by Russian military personnel in the fighting in Donbas and in shelling from military positions in Russia …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...