Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
How can Ukraine turn away friends fleeing persecution in Russia?
While Ukraine’s leaders actively protest against Russia’s political trials of Ukrainians, politically motivated charges against Russian nationals are cited as reasons for rejecting asylum requests …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia flouts its own Supreme Court to revenge Ukrainian Maidan activist
A Kirov court on June 16 ignored not only the fact that Russia is illegally holding Oleksandr Kostenko in prison, but the Russian Supreme Court’s guidelines on parole. Nothing, it seems, matters if the order has come to convict a person and then make sure he serves the sentence to the end. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
The strategic consequences of Brexit
If Britain votes to leave the EU on 23 June, it may well represent the greatest strategic shock to the continent since the breakup of the Soviet Union and consequent reunification of Germany a quarter century ago. The balance of power and influence between Britain, France and Germany – a crucial variable in European geopolitics for hundreds of...
Dispute Over Armenian Historical Figure Disrupts Talks on Joint Russian-Armenian Air Defense System
On June 3, the Armenian National Assembly’s (parliament) Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs approved the draft agreement with Russia on establishing a joint regional air defense system (see EDM, November 18, 2015). The National Assembly was expected to vote on the agreement before breaking for the summer, at an additional session called...
The West Was Wrong about Ukraine’s New Government
It is too early to draw firm conclusions, but Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman’s and Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko’s early moves indicate that Ukraine is still on the reform path.There was understandable pessimism when Groisman assumed office in April with a new government that did not include the previous cabinet’s...
Nord Stream 2: Commercial Project or Geopolitical Threat?
In each installment of “CGI Asks,” a selection of experts respond to a question about developments related to Russia and the region. This week, as Russian and German leaders were set to discuss the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, we asked whether the project was mainly a commercial enterprise, or a...
Marshall Memorial Fellowship: The Last Frontier and Navy (In)Security
Surveying Alaska’s picturesque landscape, observing its fantastic wildlife, with only three available roads connecting cities and most of the destinations accessible only by small airplanes – the last thing you want to think of there are military challenges. But is the Last Frontier really secure? Being from the littoral region of a country...
Ukrainian Gas Fraud Lands 10 in Jail
$120 million allegedly stolen by gas company officials and a member of parliament. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Whatever Happened to Pussy Riot?
Iconoclasts to some, icons to others – we look at what they’re up to today. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Transport and Mobility: A New Agenda for the Eastern Partnership
The Eastern Partnership has exploited its potential, so a new offer for upgrades in transport and mobility is required for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. In their relations with the EU, those policy areas are characterized by a lack of uniform standards and slow advancement of cooperation on projects. To improve this situation, the EU might...
