The very existence of international regions in post-Soviet space remains one of the central issues of international cooperation as lack of cohesion and collective actions manifested by weak regional institutions remain one of the features of Eurasia even twenty five years after the collapse of the USSR. With ongoing economic recession and rising security challenges,…
When newly arising challenges constantly threaten to divert European capitals’ attention from the EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) , the position of three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – remains unshaken. Such solidarity and assistance to democratic reforms can be compared to one of Nordic states, which invested a great deal into the post-Soviet…
Is Ukraine a Security Provider or Security Consumer in Europe? It is a rather rhetorical question. Ukraine has always been an active contributor to European and Euro-Atlantic security. Ukraine’s peacekeeping contingents and personnel participated in a huge number of NATO’ and EU-led operations as well as in numerous missions under the UN umbrella all around…
The weakening of the US global influence in recent years has led to a formation of geopolitical vacuum in various regions of the World, where old and new regional players are rushing to fill their dominance. This led to regional instability, with which the US is already unable to cope. As a result, the international…
This article examines the circumstances of the armed attack; the first stage of the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine aiming and eventually leading to the occupation and annexation of Crimea in February-March 2014. These events are considered against the background of the role of the Russian Federation Black Sea Fleet deployed on…
In the view of all this, the authors of the “Ukrainian Prism: Foreign Policy 2015” (Scorecards) report firmly believe that a systemic assessment and analysis of the present state of art with regular follow-ups is a requirement to launch a new Ukrainian foreign policy in a renewed state. To this end, the first issue of the annual analytical paper “Ukrainian Prism: Foreign…
Interview with Member of Parliament of Ukraine Mustafa Dzhemilev for UA: Ukraine Analytica What, in your opinion, brought about the occupation of the Crimea and allowed Russia to receive support from a part of local population? Russia was preparing for that for a long time. Stating that it has no territorial claims to Ukraine and…
The article focuses on the on-going conflict in the East of Ukraine. Two years after its beginning, it has become a challenge for both national and regional security. By now, it carries the features of the so-called “frozen” conflicts, typical for post-Soviet political space. Managing these conflicts is specifically difficult due to strong impact of…
Hanna Shelest, PhD Editor-in-chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica Dmytro Shulga Director of the European Programmes, International Renaissance Foundation The analysis of the Minsk agreements implementation (a common name for a package of documents adopted in September 2014 and February 2015 aiming to resolve a current crisis in the Eastern region of Ukraine) demonstrates that despite a…
Though Ukraine has never been so close to getting a visa-free regime with the EU, till recently the process could still be delayed or even disrupted. The EU has been taking the final decision not only based on technical criteria envisaged by the Visa Liberalization Action Plan (VLAP)[1] but also taking into account the factors…
