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Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 11

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 11

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Ukrainian energy sector; Catalan Autonomy; Minsk Format; Geneva format;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // From «Minsk» format to «Geneva» one — through hardships to the settlement // Catalan «referendum» — a test of Europe separatism // European focus // Associative relations between the countries of the Eastern Partnership and the EU institutionalize // Regional and global focus: implications for Ukraine // Deficiency of reforms in Ukrainian energy sector // Sanctions against Russia are aggravated by internal economic problems

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 01

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 01

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Energy issues; the annexation of the Crimea;

Meeting in Minsk // Merkel’s visit to Ukraine

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 03

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 03

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: NATO summit; Belarus-Russia relations;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // 26th NATO Summit — «a critical summit at a critical time» // The ceasefire without peace // Belarus-Russia relations: unconditional surrender or hard bargaining // European integration // Energy Diplomacy // Economic Diplomacy // International financial organizations support Ukraine

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 04

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 04

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Foreign Policy Strategies; Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // Russia-Ukraine-EU diplomatic front // Obama is mobilizing the world to isolate Russia // 11th YES Summit — finding new meanings // European integration. Ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement // Energy Diplomacy // Russia’s energy complex as Russia’s weak point from the viewpoint of Russian imperialistic ambitions // Economic Diplomacy // Ukraine improved its position in the Global Competitiveness rankings

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 05

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 05

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Minsk agreements; EU membership conditions; European referendums; Russia and Asia;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // Ukrainian President’s first North America Tour // Minsk agreements — II. Reaching a dead-end road? // European policy // «Parade» of referendums on independence in Europe // Russian influence in Central Asia // Energy Diplomacy // Decrease in financial stability of «Gazprom» // Economic Diplomacy // EU will control Ukrainian dairy products quality // Russia continues to blackmail Ukraine

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 06

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 06

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Novorossiya; G7 sanctions; NATO expansion; Chinese Maidan;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // Russian diplomatic front «novelties» // Non-diplomatic language of G7 // Drones from Europe // NATO expansion // The continuation of «separatist parade» in Europe // Chinese Maidan // European integration // Postponement of the implementation of the DCFTA between Ukraine and EU // Energy Diplomacy // Trilateral Ukraine-Russia-EU gas negotiations // Complication of the situation in Russia’s oil and gas sector // Economic Diplomacy // Canada and the European Union concluded a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) // Germany will provide financial assistance to Donbas

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 07

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 07

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Ukraine-Germany Relations;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // Alarming signals from Strasbourg and Geneva // Ukraine — Germany: deeds speak louder than words // European policy: Russia is no longer EU’s partner // There will be no Maidan in Hong Kong // Energy Diplomacy // Russia is working out the scenario for further drop in energy prices // Economic Diplomacy // Steel use in Ukraine is expected to be reduced // Ukraine has successfully passed dairy product quality testing

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 08

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 08

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: CIS summit; Novorossiya project; technical regulations;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // CIS summit without Ukraine // Putin puts on hold the «Novorossiya» project? // Energy Diplomacy // Putin’s friends in European Parliament «send regards to Ukraine» // The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine should adopt the draft law «On technical regulations and compliance assessment» // Economic Diplomacy // Russia’s economy suffers recession // Reformatting the Polish government

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 09

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 09

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: ASEM Summit; “Ukrainian case” ; Malaysian airliner; Russian cooperation with China;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // The 10th Asia — Europe Meeting Summit in Milan: no war, no peace // German spy games around Malaysian airliner // Energy Diplomacy // Preferential trade with Ukraine will be given the green light // Economic Diplomacy // Sanctions make Russia enhance its cooperation with China // International organizations are willing to increase aid to Ukraine // Energy autonomy of Donbas: reality or myth?

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 10

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 10

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: «Elections» in separatists’ republics; EU-Ukraine Association Agreement; Winter gas protocol;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // «Elections» in separatists’ republics as Minsk agreements’ failure // European focus // On 1 November, the provisional application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement began // Regional and global focus: implications for Ukraine // Ukraine improved its position in Doing Business-2015 rating // Winter gas protocol «Ukraine-Russia-European Commission»

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 12

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 12

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: G20 summit; Ukranian lost territories; Reforms in Ukraine; APEC summit; Russian Chinese gas contract; Russian influence in Balkans; Russian sanctions against Moldova;

Foreign Policy Strategies and Decisions // Putin’s embarrassment in Brisbane // Restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity— what to expect from the coalition? // European focus // The Council of the European Union calls for reforms in Ukraine // Regional and global focus: implications for Ukraine // 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit // Expanding Russian influence in Balkans: Ukrainian lessons for Serbia // Russian sanctions against Moldova and their repercussions for Ukraine

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 13

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 13

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Russian aggression; The self-proclaimed DNR and LNR; International negotiations; National dialogue; The Eastern Partnership; Ukrainian reforms; Ukranian debts to “Gazprom”;

Ukrainian focus // National dialogue in Ukraine: search for the ways of conflict resolution or freezing of the conflict in Ukraine’s East? // European focus // A year after Vilnius: what happens to the Eastern Partnership // Regional and global focus: implications for Ukraine // IMF expects more active reforms from Ukrainian government // Will current innovations in the national energy legislation allow implementing «gas hub» project in Ukraine?

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 14

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2014 - 14

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: EU-Ukraine Association Agreement; Reform process; Sanctions and Russian economy;

European focus // Entering into the Association Agreement — achievements and challenges // Regional and global focus: implications for Ukraine // Global coal mosaic and Ukraine // Sanctions and oil price put pressure on Russian economy

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 17

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 17

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Global security; Putin's “Munich speech”; Russian-Ukrainian conflict; European integration;

1. The new European security architecture // 2. Possibilities of involving international peacekeepers to settle the Ukrainian-Russian conflict // 3."Homework" for Ukraine's economy: financial aid from the international community

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 18

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 18

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

Keywords: Hybrid war; Peacekeeping mission; Sanctions against Russia;

1. Kyiv's diplomatic swings: peacekeepers instead of Minsk accords // Hybrid war peacekeeping strategy // Russian "blitzkrieg" postponed // Why Poroshenko changed his mind // What are the possible options of peacekeeping today? // 2. Sanctions against Russia: Ukraine lags behind its western partners

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 19

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 19

Author(s): Yevhen Yaroshenko / Language(s): English

Keywords: US-Iran relations; Russian-Iranian relations; The role of Israel;

The Iran Nuclear Deal: implications for Ukraine

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 20

Foreign Policy Insight, Issue 2015 - 20

Author(s): Yevhen Yaroshenko / Language(s): English

Keywords: US/European/Middle East security; ISIL and Al-Qaeda threats; Turkey’s national security;

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: who will stop Islamic fundamentalism

Inside Ukraine, № 2014 - 01 (12)

Inside Ukraine, № 2014 - 01 (12)

Author(s): Vira Nanivska,Vasyl Filipchuk,Hanna Cherednychenko,Oleksandr Zholud,Olena Zakharova,Iaroslav Kovalchuk,Volodymyr Prytula,Roman Basalyha / Language(s): English

1. Political competition // 1.1. Positions of key political players // 1.2. Russian military threat as consolidation factor // 2. Economic situation // 2.1. Exchange rate // 2.2. State budget // 2.3. International aid // 3. State decisions // 3.1. HR policy

Inside Ukraine, № 2014 - 02 (13)

Inside Ukraine, № 2014 - 02 (13)

Author(s): Vira Nanivska,Vasyl Filipchuk,Olena Zakharova,Iaroslav Kovalchuk,Volodymyr Prytula,Roman Basalyha / Language(s): English

1. Political competition // 1.1. “Praviy sektor” enters the game // 1.2. Vitali Klitschko displays civil position and loyalty to Maidan’s ideals // 1.3. Petro Poroshenko shows presidential ambitions // 1.4. Svoboda forms power vertical in its basic regions // 1.5. Batkivshchyna fails to launch election campaign brightly // 1.6. Party of regions will have primaries // 2. State decisions // 2.1. Combination of decentralization and centralization // 2.2. Need for macrostrategy in reforms // 2.3. Response to mistakes in HR policy

Inside Ukraine, № 2014 - 03 (14)

Inside Ukraine, № 2014 - 03 (14)

Author(s): Vira Nanivska,Iaroslav Kovalchuk,Vasyl Filipchuk,Olena Zakharova,Volodymyr Prytula,Mykola Povoroznyk / Language(s): English

1. State Decisions // 1.1. Decisions of War // 1.2. Decisions of Peace // 2. Economic Situation // 2.1. Macroeconomic Trends and Course of Actions by Government // 2.2. Macrofinancial Aid to Ukraine // 2.3. Banking Sector // 3. Political Competition // 3.1. “Kolo Doviry Maidanu” Becomes a New Political Player // 3.2. Policy of “Praviy Sektor” Requires Changes // 3.3. “Western Style” of Vitaliy Klitschko’s Campaign // 3.4. Reforms are Expected from “Batkivshchyna” and “Svoboda” // 3.5. Passivity of Party of Regions in the East Cuts their Chances