Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
EU action in a globalised world: April plenary session
Written by Clare Ferguson, © Europen Parliament / P.Naj-Oleari The key debate on Parliament’s agenda for this Strasbourg session week (Wednesday) will be the Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17-18 March 2016 and the outcome of the EU-Turkey summit – obviously linked to the migration situation in the Mediterranean. Conscious of...
The Netherlands Referendum on the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement: What Is the Effect of the “No” Vote?
In a referendum in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 6 April, 61% of voters were against ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Their decision may delay Ukraine’s integration with the EU and will strengthen those political forces in Ukraine that oppose the country’s modernisation and cooperation with international...
The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situation
The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situationGuillaume Van der Loo08 April 2016 …read more Source: Centre for European Policy...
Without attracting investment, the policy of saving cannot overcome the financial crisis
In his comment to the news agency BBC, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko spoke about the lessons that Ukraine should have learnt from experience of the financial crisis in Greece. Living in debt for years is a totally unacceptable policy which eventually leads a country into huge problems. We can see it not...
UK poll watchdog criticises government over anti-Brexit leaflet
UK poll watchdog criticises government over anti-Brexit leafletA spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission, the UK’s independent election watchdog, said yesterday of the anti-Brexit leaflet that the Government will be sending to every household ahead of the June 23 referendum, “We don’t think the government should have done it, but...
Two years after Euromaidan, Ukraine is faction-ridden and the economy is wilting
To the chagrin of the EU’s governing elite, a ‘ballot box rebellion’ in a single state again threatens to derail a major initiative years in the making. On Wednesday, a referendum in the Netherlands asked whether the government should ratify the European Union’s March 2014 Association Agreement with Ukraine: 61.1% of those...
The West’s Response to the Ukraine Conflict: A Transatlantic Success Story
Transatlantic cooperation in dealing with Russian aggression in Ukraine has been a surprising success story. European countries and the United States, together with partners such as Canada and Japan, have responded to that challenge with a high degree of unity and consistency. Through that process, the idea of the West as an international actor,...
Dutch People Say ‘No’ To Ukraine Treaty – Big Blow To The NWO?
Yesterday’s “no” vote in a Dutch referendum on Ukrainian accession to the European Union has Brussels in a panic. None of the other EU member states allowed a popular vote on bringing in basket case Ukraine — their parliaments rubber-stamped the agreement. But because unanimity is required for any new members, the Dutch...
Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone: A Long Gestation (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Western nuclear powers have expressed objections regarding several provisions of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty (US State Department, Treaties Data Base Home, CANWFZ Treaty, accessed April 5). The treaty, signed by Central Asia’s five countries, is currently in force; but the...
Are the Russians actually behind the Panama Papers?
The “Panama Papers”—does this strike anyone else as a very fishy story? It’s like something out of a cheap spy movie. In early 2015, “John Doe” sends (out of the blue) an email to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), offering 11.5 million documents from a Panamanian law firm relating to offshore shell companies. SZ accepts. Under...
