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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 - 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

Analysis of the Ukrainian Security Policy at the End of 2006: Taking Stock

Analysis of the Ukrainian Security Policy at the End of 2006: Taking Stock

Author(s): Viktor Chumak / Language(s): English

On the surface, 2006 has seen major changes to the way defense and security issues are approached by both the government and the public. This is primarily because of the high level of attention that has been devoted to the topic of NATO membership, which has become the subject of a bitter political struggle. When Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych announced in September that Ukraine would not be seeking a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Riga Summit in November 2006, this seemed to emphasize the fact that the new government had a different approach to defense, security and foreign policy issues.

Proposals for Ukraine: 2010 – time for reformside Ukraine

Proposals for Ukraine: 2010 – time for reformside Ukraine

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

Ukraine has gone through a rollercoaster in the last decade. Eight years of an average economic growth of 7.5 percent from 2000 until 2007 has been followed by severe economic crisis, with gross domestic product (GDP) anticipated to slump by 14 percent in 2009. Ukraine’s presidential elections offer a grea topportunity to launch a major revitalization of the country. Ukraine is not performing up to its potential. In 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessed that its GDP per capita will be as little as $2,540 in current US dollars, placing it 110th in the world. The situation looks only marginally better when GDP is expressed in purchasing power parities, which reflects the actual living standard: $6,460 per capita, at 99th place in the world. In purchasing power parities, Ukraine’s GDP amounted to 22 percent of the European Union (EU) level and 40 percent of the Russian level in 2009.

Analysis of the current state of political education in Ukraine

Analysis of the current state of political education in Ukraine

Author(s): Olena Zakharova,Anatoliy Oktysiuk,Svetlana Radchenko / Language(s): English

One of the main problems of modern Ukrainian society is the lack of political responsibility of officials and political education of citizens. Political education encourages people to acquire new knowledge and their participation in public affairs, to form responsible interaction and cooperation of citizens with the authorities. Democratic regime establishing and civil society building is impossible without participating in the process of political decisions-making of active and conscious citizens who are capable of realizing their rights and being responsible to the community and society for their actions. In order to be able to do this, the citizen must understand the social and political reality and the processes that take place in it. Political education is aimed at creating a critical mass of citizens who have comprehensive and reliable information about political reality, independently and critically form their own opinions and are ready for public activity. It acts as a vital element not only in the construction and establishment of a democratic civil state, but also in the development and effective functioning of all spheres of social life.

International interim administration as a model for conflict resolution in Donbas

International interim administration as a model for conflict resolution in Donbas

Author(s): Vasyl Filipchuk,Anatoliy Oktysiuk,Yevhen Yaroshenko / Language(s): English

Keywords: Minsk agreements;

Two years have passed since the Minsk agreements were approved. The agreements were endorsed by the UN Security Council Resolution 2202 on February 17, 2015 as a tool of conflict resolution in eastern Ukraine. Minsk-2 contributed to de-escalation of the conflict and suspension of full-scale fighting, but not to the conflict settlement. If the Minsk agreements remain as a “no-alternative-mechanism” for conflict settlement in the east of our country, their implementation will require new, additional instruments which are prescribed by the Minsk agreements, but do not contradict to them. The introductionof the International Interim Administration (IIA) under the UN auspices in the non-controlled territories can be one of such innovative tools for the conflict settlement in Donbas. IIA can become acceptable to all conflict parties and a ‘model’ of the Minsk agreements implementation and restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty over certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.