Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service to check reports on Poroshenko’s offshore firms
Head of Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov has instructed the service’s departments working with individuals to check media reports claiming that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has allegedly founded three offshore asset management companies without mentioning them in his income declaration. Nasirov said this at a press...
Russland: Mögliche Auswege aus der der Wirtschaftskrise
Diese Publikation zeigt Russlands mögliche Auswege aus der gegenwärtigen Wirtschaftskrise, hervorgerufen durch fallende Ölpreise und westliche Sanktionen. Während das Ölpreisproblem durch längst fällige strukturelle Wirtschaftsreformen hätte abgemildert werden können, schlägt der Autor als Kompromisslösung die Rückkehr der Krim in die Ukraine als...
Can Ukraine Achieve a Reform Breakthrough?
Project: Russia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine Forum05 April 2016 John LoughAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme The key question is whether Ukrainians themselves can overcome the chief impediment to reform – the capture of the state by a narrow class of wealthy business people and their associates, write John Lough and Iryna Solonenko....
Empowering the New Ukraine
…read more Source: Open Society Foundations
Dutch Referendum to Set Course for EU-Ukraine Ties
Rejection will give a boost to growing euroskeptic, isolationist movements across Europe, analysts say. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Got a Real Shot at NATO Membership
A Reply to Andreas Umland Andreas Umland writes that it would be senseless for Ukraine to aspire to NATO membership though it is desirable. The main reasons he cites are the dawning realization of the danger and potent threat that Russia presents to both Eastern Europe and the West, coupled with a residual unwillingness to accept the full...
Moscow Pushes Back in Wake of ‘Panama Papers’ Leak
Putin spokesman accuses CIA, State Department of organizing massive leak of company documents. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: The case for ‘voor’
Ahead of the Dutch Ukraine referendum, ECFR co-chair Carl Bildt makes the case for greater integration and cooperation with Europe’s eastern neighbour …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Ukraine’s Understandable But Senseless Hope for NATO Membership
Moscow’s aggression against Kyiv has led to a marked growth in Ukrainians’ support for their country’s accession to NATO. During the last two years, Ukrainian public opinion has made a U-turn, from skepticism of the Atlantic alliance to an enthusiastic embrace. Until 2013, almost two-thirds of Ukrainians strongly opposed NATO...
The geopolitics of real estate: how Russia learned the political value of property
Oscar W. Rasson/Flickr, CC BYOver the past three decades, real estate has gained a new significance on the world stage. Many states have relaxed laws to open up national property markets to international buyers. This has not only intensified international business activities, but also offered states a new way of pursuing their global political...
