Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Crimean Court Bans Tatar Assembly
The highest representative body of the indigenous community accused of spreading “aggression and hatred towards Russia.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Austria
The discussion paper was written by Daria Gaidai, research fellow at the Institute of World Policy. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Energy across the Mediterranean: a call for realism
THE ISSUE Political instability in the southern Mediterranean countries have highlighted the unsustainability of their economic models. Widespread economic discontent, and in particular very high youth unemployment, underpinned the Arab Spring uprisings. As the refugee crisis shows, this is also Europe’s problem and Euro-Mediterranean...
EU and Ukraine postpone summit
The EU and Ukraine have postponed a summit scheduled for next month until September to give the pro-Western government in Kyiv more time for political and financial reforms, the EU said yesterday (27 April). …read more Source:...
Four reasons why a frontrunner for UN chief remains elusive
Earlier this month, nine candidates for UN secretary-general (SG) sat in the hot seat for a first round of unprecedented ‘informal dialogues’ before the UN General Assembly. Over the course of three days, the candidates rotated in two-hour slots, fielding some 800 questions from member states, civil society groups, and the public....
Magnitsky family condemns lies in film at European Parliament about Sergei Magnitsky
Sergei Magnitsky’s widow and mother have condemned the Green Party in the Euro¬pean Par¬lia¬ment for showing a new false, offen¬sive and defam¬a¬tory film by Russ¬ian film¬maker Andrei Nekrasov about their mur¬dered hus¬band and son …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Yanukovych Cronies Try Last-Ditch Effort to Dilute Ukraine’s Transparency Reforms
On March 15, Ukraine’s parliament passed an important anticorruption initiative that requires officials to file an electronic declaration listing their financial assets—meeting a requirement for visa liberalization. While Kyiv continues to fixate on President Petro Poroshenko’s new government, forty-eight Opposition Bloc MPs quietly...
Has Ukraine Passed the Tipping Point Yet?
How are Ukraine’s reforms coming along? It depends who you ask. During a recent visit to Kyiv, I heard a wide range of views.“Reforms are painful, slow, and haven’t passed the tipping point yet,” said Orysia Lutsevych, manager of the Ukraine Forum at London’s Chatham House, during the Kyiv Security Forum on April 14-15....
Continuity and Innovation in Russia’s Way of War
Russia’s ongoing military operations in Ukraine and Syria present an evolving challenge for analysts and observers. The perception of novelty in the Russian approach to achieving military effect sparked a fashion in the West for referring to “hybrid warfare” or a “Gerasimov doctrine” – two concepts...
Lukashenka’s Report to the Nation: Rhetoric Versus Reality
On April 21, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka delivered his annual “report to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly [parliament].” When speaking about the economy, Lukashenka did not use the words “crisis” or even “decline”; yet, he recognized the country’s inadequate labor productivity and competitiveness (Tut.by, April 21). He...
