Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
HCSS: Defense Reform in Ukraine: Civil Society to the Rescue
Stephan attended a meeting on Ukrainian Defense Reform at the NATO Liaison Office in Kyiv. …read more Source: The Hague Centre for Strategic...
Treasury analysis warns UK GDP would be 6% smaller post Brexit even with Canadian-style free trade agreement
Treasury analysis warns UK GDP would be 6% smaller post Brexit even with Canadian-style free trade agreementThe Treasury will today release its analysis of the long-run cost of the UK leaving the EU. The 200 page report is expected to predict that if the UK left the EU and adopted a Canada-style free trade agreement with the EU, UK GDP would be...
Military Russian special forces do not accidentally select Juodkrante.
Vaidas Saldzhyunas April 17, 2016 The Russian military a few years ago could land in Juodkrante. This information is disclosed by the head of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence Arturas Paulauskas, has caused a lot of discussion. There were anxiety, and doubt, and even mockery, this scandalous fact silenced a few years – the...
Verdict awaited on Russian military intelligence officers captured in Donbas
Media hype suggesting that Monday’s verdict due on two Russians believed to be from GRU or Russian military intelligence could immediately be used to ensure Nadiya Savchenko’s exchange and return to Ukraine, is, her lawyer warns, premature …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Draconian laws set scene for mass arrests in Russia & Occupied Crimea
Two draft laws tabled in the Russian parliament have been described as setting the ground for Russia’s FSB to imprison people en masse on ‘extremism’ charges, with these increasingly used in Russia to silence criticism of the regime, and especially its annexation of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Putin after Panama.
/ Aged Putin? / – GCSSI. …Life itself dictates the authorities that it is time to moderate temperament and look for new ways. 2016 has already brought several first-rate political surprises, but the biggest may be yet to come. By Sergei Schelin April 15, 2016 Circumstances force the Kremlin to adjust the style of government, giving it a more...
Groysman Approved as Ukraine’s New Prime Minister
Poroshenko’s ally was chosen to replace his unpopular predecessor in hopes of overcoming the long-lasting government crisis. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Does Europe Need a New Warsaw Pact?
Christopher A. Preble and Marian L. Tupy Late last month, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump caused considerable controversy by arguing that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was “obsolete” in dealing with the threat of terrorism and a drain on U.S. finances. Speaking to Jonathan Karl of ABC News, Trump also noted that the fate of...
“Those Who Decided to Drown Cannot Be Saved”
In traditional talk, Vladimir Putin touches on the economy, Ukraine, Obama, and whether he’d let some world leaders sink. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian aggression against Ukraine and international law: 25 key theses
Authors – Oleksiy Rohovyk, head of Free Voice Information Analysis Center; Olga Lozova, analyst of Free Voice Information Analysis Center Source: Hvylia hvylya.net For almost 2 years Ukraine is still one of the central issues of international politics. The unprecedented Revolution in 2013 launched no less unprecedented aggressive actions of...
