Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
European security and the NATO summit [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © mrallen / Fotolia Challenges to security in Europe will take centre stage at the NATO summit in Warsaw on 8-9 July when its heads of state and government will discuss issues ranging from Russia’s conflict with Ukraine and its growing military assertiveness to turmoil across the Middle East and North Africa,...
Night Wolves Visit to Bulgaria Sparks Tensions, Clashes
The arrival of the notorious pro-Kremlin bikers club triggers fights between supporters and critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Slovak Eustream, Gazprom agree to cooperate on Nord Stream-2
Slovak government initially opposed the project, which creates a gas corridor between Germany and Russia …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Brexit is a Win for Putin
A vote for Brexit is a big win for Russia’s foreign policy. Moscow has made no secret of its desire to upend the post-Cold War settlement in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials have regularly said that there will be new rules for global order or no rules. They insist that Moscow has the right to a...
Energy sector of Ukraine in 2014-2016: review and SWOT-analysis
Victor Logatskiy, a leading expert of energy programmes at the Razumkov Centre, provides a brief review and SWOT-analysis of the energy sector of Ukraine in 2014-2016. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Get Naked and Get Workin’
Belarusians are stripping off their clothes in “support” of their president’s wishes for more nudity in the workplace. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia, Balkan Countries Sign Declaration of Military Neutrality
Most parties who signed the declaration oppose pro-Western initiatives prevalent in the region. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Brexit is not the beginning of a global security crisis
Now its people have decided to back out of the EU, Britain’s future place in the world order is more unclear than it has been for decades – but that still doesn’t mean that the world is less safe because of the British electorate’s decision. To read some reactions to the result, you might think the opposite. The journalist...
Groysman: Ukraine will join EU within 10 years
Ukraine will join the EU within the next decade, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Friday, adding that his country still believed strongly in the bloc despite Britain’s vote to leave. …read more Source:...
Strategic communication: the EU’s response to invasive narratives [Policy Podcast]
Written by Naja Bentzen, © Kheng Guan Toh / Fotolia Strategic communication (StratCom) is not a new concept, but its significance for the European Union’s external relations policy and security environment is increasing in the context of disinformation practices in relation to the Ukraine conflict and spreading into the EU, as well as...