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Category Archives: Ukraine
Apr 13 2016
From Hybrid Peace to Human Security: Rethinking EU Strategy towards Conflict
Comments Off on From Hybrid Peace to Human Security: Rethinking EU Strategy towards ConflictA recent publication of likely interest to Euro Crisis in the Press readers is the The Berlin Report of the Human Security Study Group. Entitled ‘From Hybrid Peace to Human Security: Rethinking EU Strategy towards Conflict’, it was presented to … Continue reading
Posted by: April 13, 2016
Tagged with: Borders, cybersecurity, DRC, EU, governance, human security, hybrid peace, justice, Libya, Mogherini, private sector, sanctions, Syria, transitional justice, Ukraine
Nov 12 2015
The Ultimate Sovereign Debt Showdown: Russia & Ukraine likely to battle it out in court!
Comments Off on The Ultimate Sovereign Debt Showdown: Russia & Ukraine likely to battle it out in court!By Kanad Bagchi Against the backdrop of acute political instability, civil war, the loss of Crimea, and a debilitating state of public finances, Ukraine remarkably secured a debt restructuring deal with its international bondholders on 27th August 2015, potentially augmenting … Continue reading
Posted by: November 12, 2015
Tagged with: court, IMF, Sovereign Debt
Jul 20 2015
Identity politics and kin-state relations from the bottom-up in Crimea and Moldova
Comments Off on Identity politics and kin-state relations from the bottom-up in Crimea and MoldovaBy Eleanor Knott In 1991, Moldova declared itself an independent state as part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 2014, the recognised Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by Russia. Here, Eleanor Knott discusses identity politics and kin-state … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2015
Tagged with: Bottom-up, identity politics, Moldova, Russia, soviet union, Ukraine
Apr 16 2015
Time for a New Western Strategy in Ukraine
2 CommentsBy Robert W. Murray To date, the western strategy towards the ongoing war in Ukraine has been a failure. Not only has there been no cessation of violence, but the violence in certain areas of Eastern Ukraine is actually worsening, … Continue reading
Posted by: April 16, 2015
Tagged with: Crimea, European defence, Lithuania, NATO, Realism, Russia, Ukraine
Apr 3 2015
The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year On
Comments Off on The Ukrainian Crisis: A Year OnBy Roberto Orsi More than a year has gone by since the overthrowal of Viktor Yanukovich, the starting point of a severe international crisis between Moscow and the West, successively escalated by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and the outbreak of … Continue reading
Posted by: April 3, 2015
Tagged with: Bundeswehr, Crimea, Donbass War, EU army, Jean-Claude Juncker, Minsk 2
Oct 14 2014
What can Ukraine learn from a post-2009 Moldova? It’s not just institutions that need to change
Comments Off on What can Ukraine learn from a post-2009 Moldova? It’s not just institutions that need to changeBy Ellie Knot After events in Ukraine in 2014, there’s been a lot of reflection on what this means for other post-Soviet states, and in particular Moldova, with its own separatist regions (Transnistria, Gagauzia) and upcoming elections at the end … Continue reading
Posted by: October 14, 2014
Tagged with: cumătrism, informal networks, institutions, kumovstvo
Jun 13 2014
The Ukraine Crisis has Complicated Moldova’s Political Situation Ahead of Signing an Association Agreement with the EU
4 CommentsBy Ellie Knott and David Rinnert Over the past two years, well before recent events in Ukraine, the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood had become an increasing concern. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, however, has led to a deteriorated political situation across the region. … Continue reading
Posted by: June 13, 2014
Tagged with: annexation, Crimea, Eurasian Customs Union, Iasi-Ungheni pipeline, Moldovan elections, Transnistria
May 21 2014
The Crises in the Eurozone and Ukraine Have Heralded the ‘Return of Politics’ to European Integration
3 CommentsBy Luuk van Middelaar On New Year’s Eve 2011, a sober but moving ceremony took place in the Estonia theatre in Tallinn. Prime-minister Ansip withdrew his country’s first euros from an ATM outside the building, walked back inside and delivered … Continue reading
Posted by: May 21, 2014
Tagged with: banking union, Euro crisis, European Elections 2014, European identity, European integration, European Public Sphere, European Union, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Germany, Public Sphere
May 12 2014
The Irreversible Crisis of the Ukrainian Experiment
14 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The ongoing crisis in the Ukraine may be analysed under a series of different perspectives, each yielding narratives belonging to different genres: is this a crisis in military relations? Is this the product of peculiar psychological settings … Continue reading
Posted by: May 12, 2014
Tagged with: EU Association Agreement, protests, sovereignty
Mar 27 2014
Who has seized power in Crimea?
2 CommentsBy Ellie Knott According to recent statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov,Russia has claimed to be acting to protect the rights not just of citizens and military personnel, but also compatriots and Russian speakers in Crimea. But how … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2014
Tagged with: Aksyonov, Crimea, minority rights, Nationalism, Russia, Russkaya Obshchina Kryma, Russkoe Edinstvo, Stepan Bandera, Tatars, Ukraine, Ukrainisation