Year: 2019

The New World and Ukraine

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Results of the Munich Security Conference   Victor Hvozd The conference in Munich, which is held in mid-February of each year with the participation of the top world leaders, politicians and experts, is traditionally considered the main international forum in the sphere of the world security. The aim of the event is to determine key trends in the development of the situation in the world, as well as to find the ways to address common challenges, risks and threats to global and regional security. Thus, the main idea of this year’s 55th Munich Conference was statement of…

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Thoughts on Hybrid Flirtation and Hybrid Alliance

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Oleksiy Volovych The hybrid Russian-Israeli flirtation (or rather, the flirtation between Putin and Netanyahu) is perceived with great irritation in Damascus, Tehran and Ankara. Against this background, the coalition RF — TR — IRI looks hybrid, unstable, contradictory, and therefore — transient. It seems that in the political sense, for the Russian leadership, relations with Israel are more important than with Iran and Turkey.     The article is available in Ukrainian

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How Are Baku and Kyiv Developing Ties in New Geopolitical Realities?

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Victor Hvozd’s Interview For Vzglyad.Az “Azerbaijani View” is the website with news and analytics, which in one way or another relate to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Recently, the website asked President of the “Borysfen Intel” Independent Analytical Center for Geopolitical Studies Victor Hvozd to comment on the cooperation between Ukraine and Azerbaijan, as they believe that the two countries have many common economic and political interests and tasks, but also views on the way of their realization. In the answers to the questions, V. Hvozd touched upon many aspects of our time and mentioned a…

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Latin America. Analytical Review 01/2019

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Kateryna Vakarchuk The Political and Economic Situation in January 2019   The beginning of 2019 has been quite tense for the Latin American region. If nothing else, it has brought changes that would be relevant to some presidents and governments. In particular, those changes will not miss Venezuela. The aggravation of the long-standing intra-political crisis, which has gone beyond the borders of this country, draws attention of powerful global players, in particular the United States, Russia, and China (see more details in our article “Aggravation of the Crisis in Venezuela. The Internal Dynamics and External Influences”). The year 2019 will not be ordinary for Latin American countries, among…

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The Middle East and North Africa. Analytical Review 01/2019

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The Military-Political and Economic Situation in January 2019   Oleksiy Volovych In January 2019, the military-political situation in the Middle East and North Africa remained tense. The review focuses on the Middle Eastern tour of US Secretary of State M. Pompeo, as well as some of the most characteristic events and processes in ten countries, such as Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. This time, we at last got to Arab countries such as Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, which had not been in our reviews because of their limited format and a large number of countries in the region — about…

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The Failure of the Missile Treaty. What’s Next?

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February 2, 2019, the USA has officially suspended the fulfillment of its obligations under the INF Treaty   Victor Hvozd At the pages of our “Borysfen Intel” Center’s website, we have already assessed the situation around the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). However, the further development of events in this sphere requires a return to the touched upon theme. Moreover, it has become the subject of all sorts of political speculations. For example, February 2, 2019, the USA has officially suspended the fulfillment of its obligations under the INF Treaty. The reason for this was called “Moscow’s systematic continued noncompliance with the Treaty, while Washington…

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