Category: Analytics

Призначення керівництва Єврокомісії та у окремих міністерствах Німеччини

vraevski

Коментарі німецьких, австрійських і швейцарських аналітиків   Сергій Польовик Увагу авторитетних європейських аналітиків та ЗМІ привертають останні події з обрання нового президента Європейської комісії, яким несподівано для багатьох політиків стала представниця Німеччини, та з призначення на вакантну таким чином посаду Федерального міністра оборони Німеччини ще однієї жінки. Коментарі аналітиків про такі ключові переміни викликані перш за все тією провідною в ЄС роллю Німеччини, що відчутно впливає на геополітичні процеси європейського континенту. Адже такі переміни сприймаються неоднозначно через загострення протистоянь всередині ЄС і, зокрема, обструкціоністську позицію окремих його членів (географічних сусідів України — Угорщини,…

More >>

China’s African Policy

vraevski

Oleksiy Volovych Over the past 20 years, China has increased its economic presence in Africa, and this trend will continue in the future, as it is extremely attractive for both China itself and for many African countries. The predicted critical shortage of natural resources for China’s economy and the need to expand global demand for Chinese goods make Africa a strategic asset for economic cooperation and guarantees of economic security of the Celestial. In our view, China’s economic and military presence on the African continent has become so large-scaled that the USA’s possible attempts “to push it out” of Africa are clearly doomed to fail, or they can provoke a planetary…

More >>

Once Again About the Language

vraevski

What Russia Wants and What It Is After   Ivan Sichen In June 2019 Russia for the second time in a row initiated a meeting of the UN Security Council because of Ukraine’s new Language Law. For the first time such an initiative was put forward by Moscow on May 20, 2019, but it did not find support from members of the Security Council. In this regard, it was clearly stated that the issue is Ukraine’s internal affair and does not create threats to security of other countries or the world as a whole. At the same time, Russia is once again trying to exacerbate the situation around the Language Law of Ukraine at the international level.…

More >>

Analysis of Threats to the National Security of Germany

vraevski

2018 Annual Report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV)   Serhiy Polyovyk The institution responsible for internal security and timely and effective counteraction to threats in Germany is the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitutions (BfV). This is one of the secret services that performs counter-intelligence tasks and collects information about spyware that is being conducted on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany in favor of other countries. June 27, 2019, Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany, Horst Seehofer and President of the BfV Thomas Haldenwang, issued a BfV document entitled “The 2018 Report on the Protection of the Constitution”. Traditionally,…

More >>

Modern, Strong and Reliable Intelligence — a Strong State

vraevski

Today is the time when the state should, at last, pay attention to such an extremely important state instrument as intelligence. It is of vital importance in today’s complex world, especially for Ukraine. The attitude to the Intelligence in Ukraine is still the Soviet one, or as it is also called the “sovok” approach — as to something super secret and mysterious, which is often very beneficial to the authorities, therefore sometimes it prompts them to use intelligence for other agendas or to use it ineffectively, when the intelligence service is assessed from the point of view of its leader’s personal commitment, and not on the results of the work, and also quite often on the principle…

More >>

The USA — China — Russia. Is There a Ukrainian Context?

vraevski

Victor Hvozd in the CIVILIZATION program on the Ukrainian Media Network   We keep saying that Ukraine should be a subject in a global context. But how to compete for the attention of the world, if there are such big players as the USA, Russia and China? What’s so special about their relationship, what do we say about them now? 1st July 2019, President of the “Borysfen Intel” Independent Analytical Center Victor Hvozd took part in the CIVILIZATION geopolitical program on the Ukrainian Media Network. The host of the program is a specialist in international security Yevhen Zherebetskyi.   Watch the full program (in Ukrainian):  

More >>

Returning Russia’s Rights in the PACE

vraevski

A Catastrophe or a Warning for Ukraine?   Since 2014, the support of our state by Western countries and international organizations in the confrontation with Russia is critically important for Ukraine. First of all, this concerns the USA, the EU and NATO’s actions to contain the aggressive policy of Moscow through sanctions and increasing of military presence in Europe, as well as financial, economic and military technical assistance to Ukraine. In general, our Western partners’ attitude to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine remains unchanged. But lately, some European countries have been making attempts to reach agreement with Moscow, including at the expense of certain concessions in its favor.…

More >>

Observing Some German-Language Media on the Eve of the G20 Summit in Japan

vraevski

Serhiy Polyovyk   At the end of June 2019 (on the 28–29, to be exact), G20 leaders are traditionally meeting at the highest level — it will be the 14th G20 summit, which will be held for the first time in Japan, in Osaka. European and the world leading analysts are waiting for this event because they are well aware of its level and, in particular, of the current relationship between the leading countries-participants of the Summit, first of all, between the United States and China. European media, and especially German, Swiss…

More >>

Strengthening China’s Positions in Afghanistan

vraevski

Roman Kot While the United States, against the background of the escalation of its relations with Iran, is dwelling on how to get rid of the consequences of another protracted conflict in Afghanistan by withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, China more and more bluntly demonstrates willingness to fill in this “vacuum”. On the 20th June, 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC issued a statement on the Taliban delegation’s visit to Beijing. At the meeting, Chinese experts discussed establishing a peace process in Afghanistan and combating terrorism. It would seem that the level of such a meeting cannot be considered the highest since it was a working visit. China’s long-standing ties with the Taliban, mainly through the intermediary of Pakistani…

More >>