Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
An Army of Storytellers
Public diplomacy has long been a positive tool of the United States and its partners, yet we are still losing in the battle happening online. At the Atlantic Council’s NATO Future Leaders Summit in Warsaw on July 7, three unique storytellers spoke about their experiences and efforts to bridge this online gap. Maxim Eristavi, a Ukrainian...
Trudeau to sign FTA with Ukraine, interested in promoting Canadian investment in fracking
July 8, 2016 – 12:13pm An anti-fracking protest in Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sign a ‘free trade’ agreement – that includes the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provision – with Ukraine when he visits Kyiv next week. CBC reports, “A preliminary agreement was negotiated...
Amnesty Says Belarus Using Telecoms to Spy
The government only lets communication companies operate in country if willing to provide nearly unlimited data to authorities, says report. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt: Ukrainian Social Media Users Break the Silence on Sexual Violence
A new hashtag is trending in the Ukrainian segment of Facebook:#ЯНеБоюсьСказати (#IAmNotAfraidToSayIt), allowing Internet users to share their stories and experiences of sexual harassment, sexual violence, and domestic violence. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin Signs Anti-Terror Law, Drawing Sharp Criticism
The controversial “Yarovaya’s Bill” will have far-reaching effects on the Russian population. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
We believe in Europe
“Brexit or not, crisis or not, war or not, we will go the way of EU integration” said Poroshenko. It is the association agreement with the EU that guides Ukrainian efforts to put their home in order, thus making Europe safer and better itself. Politico: We believe in Europe’ …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Ukraine’s authoritarian signals
In post-Soviet countries, the threat of authoritarianism emerges time and time again from the presidency. The president formally and informally controls key bodies of executive, legislature and judiciary through allies, new appointees and members of his financial-political group. OP: Ukraine’s authoritarian signals …read more Source:...
NATO fights to hold western alliance together
Rumpled. Sergeant Paul Shaw LBIPP (Army)/MODGiven the various crises afflicting the EU, it would be easy to forget that NATO, Europe’s second organisational pillar, has serious problems of its own. The summit in Warsaw will put on a good show of allied resolve – but several problems are hanging heavy over it. The first, and most...
Osborne joins with investment banks to reiterate commitment to City of London despite Brexit
Osborne joins with investment banks to reiterate commitment to City of London despite BrexitIn a joint statement released yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne and the heads of six large investment banks pledged to “work together” to meet the “economic challenges” presented by the UK’s vote to leave the EU. They noted that the UK has “one of...
Surge of Chechen Asylum Seekers in Poland
Belarusian border town has become main transit point for those on their way to Europe, who say they fear increased oppression back home. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
