Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
HCSS: The Dutch referendum in the Ukrainian newspaper ‘Den’.
Stephan de Spiegeleire shared his views on how Ukraine was covered in the Dutch referendum and what the outcome means for the relationship between Ukraine and Europe in today’s edition of the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The Hague Centre for Strategic...
What Mongol history predicts for the next season of Game of Thrones
© 2015 HBOAs season six of HBO’s Game of Thrones looms, speculation is rife. Is Jon Snow really dead? What do the clips featuring a blind Arya mean? And what are the implications of the return of the Dothraki? This last question is the one that has got me thinking the most. The Dothraki are one of Game of Thrones’s more interesting...
Vote Leave attempts to place NHS at front and centre of EU referendum campaign
Vote Leave attempts to place NHS at front and centre of EU referendum campaignOn the first day of official campaigning in the EU referendum, London Mayor Boris Johnson and four pro-Brexit cabinet ministers – Michael Gove, Chris Grayling, Priti Patel and Theresa Villiers – will make a series of speeches around the country in what has been dubbed a...
EU condemns Russia’s banning of Crimean Tatars’ assembly
The EU yesterday (14 April) called “extremely worrying” the decision by the Russian authorities to suspend the activities of Mejlis, a self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, and called for the decision to be reversed immediately. …read more Source:...
NATO Needs Deterrence and Dialogue
Deterrence is back in Europe. As NATO approaches its July summit in Warsaw, Allies are adapting this concept to the new security settings in place in Europe since the 2014 crisis in Ukraine. Yet, deterrence is intrinsically connected to dialogue: these are the two pillars of NATO’s strategy, as defined in the 1967 Harmel Report....
Isolation and Propaganda: The Roots and Instruments of Russia’s Disinformation Campaign
Western scholars and politicians struggle to understand the elements of Russia’s “hybrid warfare” and how to counter it. Means for “soft,” non-military Russian influence in the post-Soviet sphere and the European Union includes export media such as the television broadcaster RT and the media platform Sputnik, the targeted expansion of...
Although the hryvnia is strengthening, Ukraine currently cannot give up cooperation with the IMF
In his comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn explained why, despite continued lack of new tranches from the IMF, the Ukrainian hryvnia is showing a trend towards strengthening. Over the last months, the Ukrainian currency has demonstrated growth, dropping below 26 UAH per USD....
Technocrats gone in new Ukrainian cabinet
Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister yesterday (14 April) in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. …read more Source:...
The race for secretary-general: Where’s Kevin?
Kevin Rudd was at the center of attention at the UN this week, mainly because he wasn’t there. Nine candidates to be the next UN secretary-general addressed the General Assembly between Tuesday and Thursday. Star attractions included two former prime ministers: Antonio Guterres of Portugal and Helen Clark of New Zealand. But there was much...
Dutch voters now demanding referendum on TTIP
EXCLUSIVE / Dutch voters want a referendum on the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), throwing into doubt the future of the US-EU free trade deal, nine days after the country’s ‘no’ vote in a plebiscite on an EU-Ukraine association agreement. …read more Source:...
