Kateryna Vakarchuk
The Political and Economic Situation in July 2019
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Latin America. Analytical Review 07/2019
Democracy and Intelligence in the United States
HOW TO PREVENT USURPATION OF SPECIAL SERVICES
Victor Hvozd
The USA’s experience could be useful for Ukraine. Of particular importance is to create (on the basis of the adopted guidelines on national security and defense) a new Parliamentary Intelligence Committee, and not to leave it as it is, just by adding a phrase to the name of the committee, as they propose today
More >>Another Round of the Pakistani-Indian Confrontation Roman Kot Since the beginning of this month, relations between India and Pakistan have become aggravated again. On 5 and 6 August 2019, the Government of India repealed the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The Parliament of India also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, which will reorganise the state into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Pakistan’s ability to influence New Delhi’s decisions on Kashmir is extremely small and is, in fact, limited to appealing to the international community. Given the steps taken by…
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US President Is Dismissing the Director of National Intelligence July 28 this year, President of the United States D. Trump announced his decision on resignation of Director of the National Intelligence of the United States of America [1] D. Coats [2], who should leave his post on August 15, 2019. To replace him, the Head of the White House will nominate John Ratcliffe [3], a Texas Republican member of the House of Representatives. The official reason for such a decision is not reported. However, the quite obvious reason for it…
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Victor Hvozd Who and how influences the Russian leadership’s decision making The current electoral cycle in Ukraine being over, to the fore is coming the problem of resolving the conflict in the Donbas. It is argued that this can only be done through the Normandy format negotiations, which are considered the only real opportunity to ensure the implementation of the Minsk Agreements. At this, the effectiveness of the Normandy group will largely depend on the position of Russia, which bears the biggest responsibility for the armed conflict in the East…
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Ukraine and Intermarium: Possible Forms of Cooperation
Roman Kot
Ukraine should establish cooperation with the format of the Bucharest Nine at the institutional level
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