Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
In Ukraine, Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: Procurement Reform Advances, Slowly
Many changes have occurred in Ukraine since the Euromaidan, but the country still struggles mightily with corruption. Those efforts are symbolized in the ongoing fight to reform Ukraine’s corrupt procurement practices.For years, links between government officials and Ukraine’s “pharma mafia” resulted in the theft of approximately $100...
Melania Trump Speech Unleashes Nasty Academic Debate
South Slavic scholars jump all over Polish-American professor’s claim of an inborn East European tendency to cheat. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Turkish Leader Pledges Closer Relationship With Russia
In St. Petersburg, Erdogan is expecting praise for his crackdown at home, and understanding of his Syria policy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Apple in Russian Price-Fixing Probe
Local resellers may have conspired with the Silicon Valley tech giant to overcharge consumers, the anti-monopoly service says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
What’s the matter with Austria?
This op-ed was originally published in Project Syndicate. Austria was once lauded as Germany’s more successful neighbor, one of Europe’s fastest-growing countries. But its economy has been sputtering since 2012, with GDP up last year by a meager 0.7%; only Greece and Finland performed more poorly. And Austria’s unemployment rate...
Why save a computer virus?
Hex code from the Blaster worm reveals the potential motivations of the worm’s creator. Ward MoermanOn average, 82,000 new malware threats are created each day. These include all sorts of malicious software – like computer viruses, computer worms and ransomware. Some are pranks or minor annoyances; others seek to pilfer data or extort...
Pentagon, CIA Form Praetorian Guard for Clinton as Warmonger President
Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael J. Morell is the latest in a phalanx of senior US military-intelligence figures who are shedding any pretense of political neutrality and giving their full-throated endorsement to Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In a New York Times opinion piece, Morell starkly backed...
Should the West Fear a Turkey-Russia Convergence?
August 8, 2016 In each installment of “CGI Asks,” a selection of experts respond to a question on the latest developments in Russia and Eurasia. In the run-up to the widely anticipated meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St. Petersburg on August 9, we asked experts to consider the extent...
Ukrainian Separatist Leader Survives Bomb Blast
Whether the result of a Ukrainian military plot or infighting in rebel ranks, the attempted assassination underlines rising tensions in the Donbas. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
