Section: News & Summaries

      The Donbas Black Hole
      Oct07

      The Donbas Black Hole

      What Russia hoped would be a small, victorious war has turned into the “geostrategic disaster of a new cold war,” writes Volodymyr Horbulin, a respected foreign policy analyst currently advising Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.In an article in Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, Horbulin argues that the main participants in the war have exhausted...

      Animals abound at Chernobyl

      Nearly 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, elk, deer, boar and wolves abound in the exclusion zone deserted by humans, researchers say in an international study. …read more Source:...

      Don’t Blame the Oligarchs: Why Have Ukraine’s Cultural Reforms Gone Nowhere?
      Oct06

      Don’t Blame the Oligarchs: Why Have Ukraine’s Cultural Reforms Gone Nowhere?

      The demonizing of Ukrainian oligarchs as major impediments to democratization and reform has become a shared mantra of Western and domestic pundits alike. Whenever explaining the slow pace of Ukraine’s changes after the Euromaidan, analysts argue that oligarchs only gained influence and that by controlling whole chunks of the state...

      USS Porter to Enter Black Sea
      Oct05

      USS Porter to Enter Black Sea

      Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter to enter the Black Sea: http://t.co/eUJBv0YqnH pic.twitter.com/ILCy0iJATL — US Mission to NATO (@USNATO) October 5, 2015 U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet informs that an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) will enter...

      Testing Putin’s Intentions
      Oct05

      Testing Putin’s Intentions

      The October 2 Paris Summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and Russian President Vladimir Putin produced no breakthrough for peace in Ukraine. But it provided additional proof that, for the moment, Putin wants to lower tensions in the region. The parties spoke about...

      How to Fight Corruption in Ukraine
      Oct05

      How to Fight Corruption in Ukraine

      We all agree: The greatest threat facing Ukraine, after its war with Russia, is corruption. But few agree how to do so, though it should not be that difficult.In 1998, Ukraine’s main gas importer, Ihor Bakai, stated that “all rich people in Ukraine made their money on Russian gas.” The technique was simple. A Ukrainian trader...

      The Lithuanian Armed Forces Lend a Hand During Fearless Guardian. VIDEO
      Sep30

      The Lithuanian Armed Forces Lend a Hand During Fearless Guardian. VIDEO

      Soldiers from the Lithuanian Armed Forces are on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine. The soldiers are helping with training during exercise Fearless Guardian. The Lithuanian troops are focused on working with the Ukrainian National Guard for live-fire exercises. Lithuanian Armed Forces Capt. Zilvinas Cerskus...

      Radars for Ukraine: Obama’s Signal to Putin
      Sep30

      Radars for Ukraine: Obama’s Signal to Putin

      A day after US President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States announced that it will ship long-range counter-battery radars to Ukraine. Obama authorized $20 million to provide the country with radars, bringing US security assistance to Ukraine up to $265 million. Obama’s message is clear: the United...

      Putin to deploy military in Syria

      The Federation Council voted unanimously to give President Vladimir Putin approval to deploy Russia’s military in Syria. ||| Moscow – The Russian parliament on Wednesday unanimously granted President Vladimir Putin the right to deploy the country’s military in Syria, a move a top Kremlin aide said related only to the air force....

      Ukraine Must Embrace Radical Reform Now
      Sep29

      Ukraine Must Embrace Radical Reform Now

      If the Ukrainian government does not follow through with an ambitious reform agenda, public support will wane while dissatisfaction will increase, threatening political stability and the country’s future. “There is no time for slow evolutionary changes. Radical and revolutionary reforms are the only way to success,” warns a new...