... since the start of the dramatic events of the Maidan in Kiev that engendered a profound crisis in Russia’s relations with both Ukraine and the West. This is not a short period of time: World War I lasted a little over four years, about five years passed ... ... authorities afloat, providing the necessary minimum of economic and technical cooperation. The questions of Ukraine joining the EU and NATO will, however, be regularly delayed to some ever more distant future, and major western investment will not come into Ukraine....
Ukrainian Think Thanks Publications Review
Ukrainian Think Thanks Publications Review
The political process in the Ukraine has become as hot as the scorching weather the country has been experiencing of late. Discussions about the latest trends at home and around the world and what it all means for the future of Ukraine have reached fever pitch. The recent NATO Summit in Warsaw, the attempted coup in Turkey, the complicated dynamics of the development of Ukraine’s relations with important regional partner (Poland) and the threat of the situation in Donbass escalating – all this has sent shockwaves ...
... to make the Minsk agreements work?
The Obama Administration today is not interested in re-initiating the conflict, although it is not publicly expressing any readiness to take new steps or make serious compromises to settle the crisis either.
Behind NATO’s aggressive rhetoric and John Kerry’s assurances given to Kiev there is no glimpse of any decisions concerning the future of Ukraine. While at the initial stage of the Ukrainian crisis there were
calls
for “a new Marshall Plan,” it has now become clear that the USA is keeping its support to a minimum and does not intend to switch its attention to that state.
Plans for a “Ukrainian Taiwan” or,...