Publications

1 year ago

Why is Russia scared of the European Union?

Russia was initially interested in allied relations with the new Europe, but in the years since the onset of Putin's rule, it has made a dramatic shift

1 year ago

Presidential race in France: "Ukraine issue" and Macron's strategy

Why has the incumbent president not yet formally applied to run for re-election?

1 year ago

Biden’s “Imminent” invasion statement caught up in translation mix-up

In diplomacy, a single wrongly interpreted word could cause much harm, as evidenced by the latest example.

1 year ago

Ukraine-Canada: The two nations getting closer over the past 30 years

On January 27, 1992, diplomatic relations between the two countries were officially established

1 year ago

Negotiations in Brussels: You can’t show your back to aggressor

NATO leadership has chosen a distinctively diplomatic tone for communication with Russia within the NATO-Russia Commission meeting

1 year ago

U.S.-Russia talks: 100% as projected

The United States has snubbed the Kremlin's ultimatum. In turn, Russia has refused to de-escalate at the Ukraine border. No documents have been signed

1 year ago

Putin walking back on own ultimatum snubbed in the West

Five Nuclear Powers have issued a joint statement. Why have the permanent members of the UN Security Council reaffirmed their commitment to the non-use of nuclear arms?

1 year ago

What was good for Ukraine in 2021 – experts’ look

From success stories in sports to significant foreign policy results

1 year ago

On chemical weapons and distinctive smell of Russian disinformation

Each of the latest fake stories may open a gateway to hell just for a moment. 

1 year ago

Ukraine: What we are fighting for and why we will win

Amid multiple reports of a Russian military buildup on the border, Ukrainians remain mentally stable, even calm

1 year ago

Denys Shmyhal: I want to believe that business will see the government’s work on changing the investment climate

The prime minister has named the top six tasks toward economic growth

1 year ago

Yuzivka: Between fake news and truth about Ukraine's gas independence

Russia is trying to prevent Ukraine from extracting own gas, being interested in the opposite

1 year ago

War against Ukraine: What price will Russia pay

What would happen to Russia should it decide to launch a full-scale war with Ukraine? 

1 year ago

Top 7 diplomacy highlights of 2021: Crimea Platform, new Charter with U.S.

Some of this year's events were seen as milestones and some took place for the first time in Ukraine’s history

1 year ago

MH17 trial: Russia rejecting Dutch court inquiries, trying to have ECHR hearing postponed

However, prosecutors will start announcing the indictment as early as December 20

1 year ago

Timothy Ash: Biden seemed to give Putin none of his asks

Meanwhile, Putin has made it clear he sees Normandy and Minsk platforms effectively dead

1 year ago

Crimea Platform: A way forward

Ukraine has presented to OSCE its vision of functioning and development of the Crimea Platform initiative toward the deoccupation of the peninsula

1 year ago

Ukraine will not freeze: Six years without Russian gas

What's happening on the “gas front” between Russia and Ukraine.

1 year ago

How the Kremlin wants to control people’s minds

The Kremlin intends to educate not only children, not even only young people. A Russian must be educated throughout his or her life.

1 year ago

What Holodomor teaches us

This lesson is learned: Ukraine is part of the West, not a rebellious province of the "Russian world"

1 year ago

Rope for Vucic: what the Gas Alliance with Russia did to Serbia

Close ties with Moscow can contribute to short-term situational benefits, but they have highly negative strategic consequences

1 year ago

How the Revolution of Dignity changed Ukraine: Ten achievements

The events of 2013-2014 have provided a big push to the country's development

1 year ago

Timothy Ash: The West should openly declare what sanctions will be rolled out should Russia attack Ukraine

Putin has said SWIFT sanctions would be a declaration of war, well make it clear that in crossing Ukraine’s border with Russian tanks Putin is making that choice himself

1 year ago

Blackmailing Europe with migrants

Lukashenko is diligently playing a role of “Putin’s willing provocateur.”

1 year ago

Ukraine-USA: Renewing strategic cooperation

The resumed work of the Strategic Partnership Commission significantly increases the opportunities for the U.S. to support Ukraine in the face of Russia’s aggression

1 year ago

Five important principles for a successful mandatory funded pension for Ukraine

Solidarity and fully funded pension systems work best when they complement each other

1 year ago

Why Russia is pushing for a new round of aggression against Ukraine

A new wave of destabilization is looming over Ukraine, the one involving internal turbulence in all areas, provoked by outside forces.

1 year ago

The ghost of nuclear threat is rising in Donetsk

Neither the competent authorities of Ukraine nor the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have had access to nuclear facilities and materials in the occupied territories of Ukraine for over seven years. 

1 year ago

Repression in Russia: Why are there as many political prisoners now as there were in the late Soviet period?

Not only did the torture of prisoners in Russia not stop, it also took on horrible new forms, incompatible with the concept of a "civilized country"

1 year ago

Most common myths about the Istanbul Convention

Most fake news and manipulations are coming to Ukraine from Russia